Further Readings

There are many excellent books about Eisenhower, both as wartime commander and as President. For the years as Supreme Commander, see his own recollections, Crusade in Europe (1948). The President's memoirs have been published in two volumes: Mandate For Change: 1953-1956 (1963), and Waging Peace, 1956-1961: The White House Years (1965). His At Ease-Stories I Tell Friends (1988), reveals something of the inner man. Stephen Ambrose, editor of Eisenhower's personal papers, has written the definitive biography in Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President Elect, 1890-1952 (1983); and Eisenhower: The President (1984). A recent addition is David Eisenhower, Eisenhower at War: 1943-1945 (1987). The memoirs of the Supreme Allied Commander's principal subordinates enhance Eisenhower's own account of the victory in Europe. Of particular value are Omar N. Bradley, A Soldier's Story (1951); and Walter Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's Six Great Decisions: Europe, 1944-1945 (1956). Russell F. Weigley provides not only a discussion of personalities, but also of strategic and operational considerations in Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaigns of France and Germany, 1944-1945 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981). The official history series United States Army in World War II provides detailed accounts of each campaign of the war in Europe. Forrest C. Pogue, The Supreme Command (1954), which surveys the coalition command and its campaigns from 1943 through 1945, is particularly useful.

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