Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources; an unprecedented degree of scholarship; and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest; richest; most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president.He gives us a masterly account of the European war theater and Eisenhower's magnificent leadership as Allied Supreme Commander. Ambrose's recounting of Eisenhower's presidency; the first of the Cold War; brings to life a man and a country struggling with issues as diverse as civil rights; atomic weapons; communism; and a new global role. Along the way; Ambrose follows the 34th President's relations with the people closest to him; most of all Mamie; his son John; and Kay Summersby; as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Charles de Gaulle; Harry Truman; Nixon; Dulles; Khrushchev; Joe McCarthy; and indeed; all the American and world leaders of his time. This superb interpretation of Eisenhower's life confirms Stephen Ambrose's position as one of our finest historians.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Finally a Clear History for the 1001 NightsBy M. LundellEveryone knows the name "1001 Nights" or "Arabian Nights" but very few people know just how crazy the history of this story collection is. There is no original version or author and scores of translations which; when examined closely; turn out to be individual books with their own stories and focuses rather than translations that vary just a little bit.Paul Nurse's book is one of the first to examine just how the Nights became a household word in the West. Despite the incredible number of scholarly articles and books on the Nights Nurse's is also one of the first to investigate the various strands (translations; manuscripts; etc.) as individual pieces of a bigger puzzle.His book traces the Nights from its relatively obscure Middle Eastern origins; through its first popular variant (the 1704 French translation by Galland); examines in depth the collaberation and English translations of Richard Burton and John Payne; gives a historical overview of how the Nights influenced the major English Romantic poets; and presents the contemporary Nights in its television; film and other forms.This book is highly recommended as a starting point for anyone interested in the Nights and anyone interested in literary history in general and as a supplementary resource for any serious student of the Nights.
