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Dwight David Eisenhower (/ ˈ aɪ z ən h aʊ. ər / EYE-zən-how-ər; born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th U.S. president (1953–61), who had been supreme commander of the Allied forces in western Europe during World War II. A republican, as president, he presided over a period that was characterized by economic prosperity and conformity in the midst of the Cold War.
Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election. Four years later, in the 1956 presidential election, he defeated Stevenson again, to win re-election in a larger landslide.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, as supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II, led the massive invasion of Nazi‑occupied Europe that began on D‑Day.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, promoted Atoms for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in order to ease Cold War tensions.
Eisenhower was the only army general elected president in the twentieth century, though he had notable earlier predecessors in George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and Ulysses S. Grant. To reflect upon Eisenhower and his amazing career both before and during his two-term presidency is to contemplate one of the most unusual and smoothest paths ...
Bringing to the Presidency his prestige as commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during...
Dwight D. Eisenhower's reputation among historians has changed dramatically in the last five decades. A poll of prominent historians in 1962 placed Eisenhower 22nd among Presidents, a barely average chief executive who was as successful as Chester A. Arthur and a notch better than Andrew Johnson.
Dwight D. Eisenhower created major infrastructure, including the Interstate Highway program, established in 1956, which created a 41,000-mile road system. Eisenhower dispatched federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect African-American students after Central High School was desegregated.
Dwight D. Eisenhower began his career in the U.S. Army on June 14, 1911 as a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. As a young officer, his ability to understand military strategy was noticed by high-ranking officials.