5 Things You Didn't Know About Eisenhower

Historian and author William Hitchcock chronicles the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose time in the Oval Office is often overlooked yet filled with many crucial moments and big decisions such as foreign conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, the rising military-industrial complex, and the early days of the civil rights movement.
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[@cyanrazorCel]

He knew how to stop war, and people today haven't listened enough.

[@BryonLetterman]

It takes a soldier who has seen the horrors of war to understand that war should be avoided at all costs when war is not absolutely necessary. WW2 was the last war that was absolutely necessary for us to go full effort into.

[@robertthomas5906]

@Brad Watson That's not true about Trump. We have proof it was Hillary's campaign that worked with Steele and the Ukraine, not Trump. The democrats are the criminals. Main stream media lies like crazy to us and they publish corrections where you'll never see them.

[@patrickgragg5602]

@@robertthomas5906 when you say we have proof who the hell is we? You had absolutely nothing to do with the investigation or anyting else so shut up + Democrat lock her up what the fuck lock her up what the fuck lock her up! Pretty sure that Uncle Donna has not yet locked up Hillary like She promised to do four years ago

[@Amick44]

@Brad Watson he would be called a RINO by rump. But it would be actually be a badge of honor.

[@waynespaeth9061]

Eisenhower's "A Chance For Peace" speech given in April 1953 shows in stark terms the price we pay for an arms race. IMO it is one of the most important speeches given by any President in the history of the United States.

[@TerrenceBowden-i4k]

He was very reluctant to use military force to resolve international conflict. My favorite President.

[@douglasj.arcuri1370]

Absolutely.He knew the ravages of war unlike other Presidents.He also knew MICE.

[@dvchel]

A real President and General who cares for his/her soldiers.

[@mikeoxlong3676]

Ike saw the horrors of war firsthand. He knew how terrible war was and that it should always be an absolute last resort.

[@dondwight88]

Ike also refused to engage China over its shelling of Quemoy and Matsu in the Straits of Formosa in early 1955, saying " we're not going to start World War III over a pile of rocks in the straits." Or something close to that. Don Dwight

[@moreofawave]

Respect, President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[@salvatorem1959]

That's a great general. One who looks to avoid war as much as possible.

[@antonioraphaelrapadas2001]

*Another trivia about Pres. Eisenhower... when he was assigned in the Philippines in 1935 as Liason Officer to Gen. McArthur to Pres. Quezon, who was Lieutenant Colonel at that time, Eisenhower and Quezon, developed a friendly relationship of mutual respect, exchanging political views and even playing bridge together. Eisenhower became a military adviser. President Quezon grew to rely on Ike, setting up a private office for him next to his own in the Presidential Malacañang Palace. Later on, the two men were involved in saving lives by bringing in thousands of Jew refugees in 1939 from Germany and Austria with the aid of then-US high commissioner Paul McNutt. Eisenhower saw also how the Filipinos were denied on having independence from American Govt. I think this is why he was molded in these events by emphasizing freedom and civil rights on his political agenda when he was the President of the United States of America... try to watch Quezon's Game...*

[@MaximusDecimus1313]

His farewell address was the, in my view the most PROLIFIC not only farewell address but one of the most important address to American citizens everywhere. I really admired him for that address it took a lot of guts to challenge the establishment yes unbelievably even as president that took a lot of guts and I’m sure he lost a lot of his high ranking military supporters after that but he was 100% on the money the military industrial complex has gone unchecked and has spiraled out of control so ,ugh so that the dod black budgets and all these things leaching off of all Americans a lot of times on crackpot ideas and our leaders have NO excuse he spelled it out for them and nobody took it as serious as it should have been.

[@diemquynh9818]

LtCmdrMaximus why no one listerned

[@davidrendall7195]

Im not sure you know what PROLIFIC means?

[@FandensOldemoder]

@ David Rendall I am afraid that you are right. Prolific is something productive, creative, inventive, plentiful, ... the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) part of Eisenhower's farewell speech was the opposite of prolific. Nobody listened - or they did and ignored it - or (even worse) they deliberately did the opposite of what he advised in order to get fat cat jobs in the MIC.

[@davidrendall7195]

@@FandensOldemoder I disagree, JFK and Johnson channeled a huge chunk of the available funds, factory floors and R&D people away from from the MIC and into the civilian space program - a bit of divide and rule. Nixon took on and soundly thrashed the MIC in his first term. And of course Nixon was Eisenhowers VP when he made that speech. People were listening and did trim back the excesses of the Atomic powered 50s MIC. Then it dawned on them they had gifted the Russians a qualitative and quantitive advantage in the 70s and Reagan swooped into power on the back of trillions in military funding. Which won the Cold War.

[@hqi1321]

The word you were looking for was PROPHETIC, not prolific

[@alpha-omega2362]

another legacy: The Interstate Highway System....

[@Vegan_scorpioo]

yea and of course Alaska and Hawaii became states during his serving as a president!

[@Edward_Waterfield]

The railroads beg to differ.

[@alpha-omega2362]

@@Edward_Waterfield and the horse and buggy beg to differ too

[@Edward_Waterfield]

@@alpha-omega2362 The Highway doesn't pay for itself.

[@andyc9902]

He literally made Usa

[@MyHam-os4bq]

My son’s middle name is Aisen (pronounced Eisen) after this great fellow. He’ll be here in April and we can’t wait to tell him about the origins of his name someday.

[@edgargarred4319]

tell him Tell him by what a great american hero and savior hes named after! Tell him of the greatest prosperity he brought to america while he was leading this country.

[@Tomas-to9kz]

Sorry, but you named your son after a murderer.

[@MyHam-os4bq]

@@Tomas-to9kz I was hoping nobody would notice 🤫😉

[@brentsummers7377]

If you look at Wikipedia, Eisenhower's approval ratings as President were high and consistent throughout his time in office. The American people knew they had a good person in the top job.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

He also knew how to laugh at himself. When Art Buchwald parody him his Chief of Staff was quite upset about it. Eusenhower told him to simmer down and not bring it up again. He was the epitome of a self-assured man unlike our current and oast rwo former Presidents who were quite thin-skinned. That alone makes him a great President!

[@AgueroNain]

Excellent share and well done, great historical context about president Eisenhower.

[@AMERICANDIPPER]

It would be nice to have a President like him nowadays

[@Quietly-David]

Been wishing it for All my year's.

[@shipmate3577]

no thankyou; he was a puppet for big business and the elite and suppressed Veteran rights following WWI and teargassed Veterans marching in D.C.; it was only due to the need of soldiers to fight in WWII that Veterans gained the GI BILL. He was also an adulterer, but monogomy isn't a requirement to be a good president/leader.

[@georgeschaut2178]

Boy would it ever...

[@jenme4796]

When I was a little girl, my dad would always talk about him, the general who became President, during his rule of the US, we were the most powerful country, power meaning the middle class was plenty, people were most happy, the world was peaceful

[@moboutmen]

I still like Ike.

[@davidkuharich9269]

One of the greatest presidents of the 20th century

[@djgrumpygeezer1194]

Ike ended the Korean War. Word is that he told the Chinese, “We agree to stop the war here and now, or the US goes all in, including atomic weapons.” Ike was also acknowledged as being one hell of a poker player.

[@margaretflood-elahwal5861]

Wow mad respect for EISENHOWER!

[@pinewood2899]

I think it was IKE who said about the politicians in Washington “ if you want a friend get a dog”.

[@bruceanderson7762]

Believe it was Truman who said the dog bit.

[@andreasbyczkowski3435]

So much of Dwight Eisenhower’s integrity, character and capabilities are EXACTLY what we need now. Let’s just “spiritually erase” all the unfortunate bungling and worse that occurred since then(...pssst/if only we could).

[@bruceanderson7762]

Be a lot of work...but...why not?

[@Amick44]

How far we've fallen. Night and day is a gross understatement.

[@deb310red]

Eisenhower was a great President. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@buddymario3462]

Dwight Eisenhower my favorite

[@rogerhackler223]

@@buddymario3462 Theodore Roosevelt, and Dwight David Eisenhower rank equal to Sir Winston Churchill, which is absolutely true! I respect exactly what you said!

[@schlechtestergtaspielerdek3851]

He is responsible for many gov crimes. He is an idiot!

[@DH-ve5bl]

@George Arnold. Don’t forget Franklin Roosevelt.

[@corn.3892]

@@buddymario3462 he killed thousands of people for the united fruit company. he was very evil!

[@robertphillips4914]

Very underrated President. I find it interesting that Ike And JFK had a good relationship. During the Cuban Missle Crisis JFK consulted with Ike.

[@brucekuehn4031]

In every life, one can say, “He should have done this. He should have done that,” but Ike is deserving of a standing in history that should continue to increase. One of my favorite pictures of Ike won a Pulitzer and was taken with JFK at Camp David while they walked together deep in conversation after Kennedy’s failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Such bipartisanship and respect we haven’t seen in the US in decades. He was shaped by his military experience. He was the perfect man to organize the huge military effort in WWII and lead Allied forces to victory. Never a glory-hound, quiet diplomacy and competence was how he rose up and how he worked throughout his long career. Even though he had a massive heart attack in his first year as President, he lived to be 78 and died in 1969. He was buried in his uniform and an Army coffin.

[@davidhess6593]

Ike had his first heart attack in 1955 the *third* year of his Presidency.

[@brucekuehn4031]

@@davidhess6593 My error - you are correct. First heart attack was 1955. He had a total of 7 before dying in 1969. Thinking of him again today on the 6th of June, 2024, the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The indispensable man in the Allied victory over the Nazis. It has been said that during WWII, he lived on cigarettes and coffee.

[@craigslistrro709]

All the great ones are dead... The rest refuse to die.

[@craigslistrro709]

@iron man Drop dead ladyboy..

[@MFPhoto1]

Harry Truman just before Eisenhower's inauguration in 1952 (paraphrased): "Poor Ike. He's going to sit behind this desk, give orders, and expect people to carry them out."

[@garymorris1856]

Truman was wrong. Eisenhower was a much better president than Harry, and it's not even close.

[@mrpeel3239]

Terrific summary by one of Kenyon and Yale's great alums!

[@joangillen1260]

Excellent!!! Thank you!!!

[@AnneOhn123]

Very well done... I've subscribed for many more videos, thank you!

[@ThePbird1]

As to Vietnam, we had advisors there during his admin.

[@chriscohlmeyer4735]

Paul Fogel and a neighbours son died there during that time. His mom used to give me milk and cookies when I rode my tricycle through their yard, then she stopped, then she came out and told me what had happened to her son and that she didn't feel up to making cookies anymore.

[@Melinda8162]

@@chriscohlmeyer4735 That's sad. Was that her only son?

[@paddle_shift]

Advisors are way different than active soldiers. Yes, they still are in harms way. Ike would never have supported what Johnson did during Ike’s Presidency. Why do I believe this? Because he could have and didn’t. Also, because he achieved the armistice in Korea for same reason.

[@robertsullivan4773]

I believe back then they were called observers not advisors there were there to gather first hand intelligence.

[@08jag81]

Though in '65 Eisenhower supported intervening in Vietnam and advocated using overwhelming force to win it as quickly as possible.

[@clubredken13]

One of my favorite WW2 movies is Ike: Countdown to D-Day. With Tom Selleck as Ike. It's tied with Saving Private Ryan for me. I highly recommend it.

[@ghostofsilence2697]

"A good king does not look for war" ~ Odin

[@borood1188]

Greatest president ever, but he is very underrated.

[@tiernanwearen8096]

The big country was one of his favourite movies and he had it shown 6 times in the white House

[@alanstrong3295]

He helped put the brakes on Patton. If he had lived long enough, he would have been upset with Nixon and Watergate.

[@adamsmith3413]

Alan Strong True but Ike also said that with Patton he was sure he could win in Europe but without GSP he was uncertain.

[@jstasiak2262]

Alan Strong Eisenhower would have been extremely impressed with Nixon who accomplished a lot of important things that produced lasting good while in office: Started the EPA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and did more for the environment than any president previously or since; Started OSHA and gave it sufficient power to enforce workplace safety; desegregated the Southern public school system without race riots; ended Kennedy's and Johnson's Vietnam war folly; enforced women's rights in Title IX; enforced civil rights laws; forced the Federal Government to honor its treaties with Native Americans; overcame resistance of the State Department and Republican Establishment to open relations with China; SALT treaty with the USSR; Expanded funding for the National Institutes of Health for cancer research and National Endowment for the Arts. At the time the Watergate putsch occurred, he was close to an agreement with Ted Kennedy for a plan for National health insurance. Nixon accomplished more important things during his presidency than all his successors combined. Reagan included. Watergate seems quaint by today's standards.

[@Melinda8162]

@@jstasiak2262 Well....I wouldn't know what Eisenhower would have thought about Nixon ' then'...but, he sure didn't want him as VP the second time around!! But, was advised of course, to not drop him when running for a second term!

[@jstasiak2262]

Ruby The Republican Establishment didn't like Nixon. They never did. They told Ike they wanted Nixon off the ticket and Ike couldn't easily ignore them. They even invented a fake scandal ("slush fund") to get rid of him. Although Nixon actually did a real good job as VP, Ike told him that he had to make his case to the public to keep his job. That's when Nixon made his famous "Checkers" speech ( named after his dog) which was a rousing success. After that, Nixon couldn't be booted off the ticket in 1956 and the Establishment had to shut up.

[@Melinda8162]

@@jstasiak2262 Well, you seem to know alot about Nixon and I presume you are a great admirer of him. Which, I must say I haven't met many people at all, who are! But, to each his own. I was alot younger when he was president, and at that age where there was alot going on in my life so politics was not a priority! Although, there was some ' interest ' when the whole Watergate thing was all over the news! I just have a hard time really understanding the guy! In later years I did take more interest in watching the interviews he did and the documentaries. Just seems strange, he isn't well thought of or even referenced to by other presidents. It was interesting to read your comments because in all honesty I didn't realize those things.

[@vivianpowell1732]

Eisenhower had leadership credentials over and above those associated with his military career. Before becoming President of the United States, he had served as president of Columbia University. I was fortunate to have seen President Eisenhower in April 1955. My mother and I attended his appearance at The Citadel in Charleston SC. As we were walking onto the campus, the presidential limousine passed us and Ike waved and flashed us his famous grin. I was 7 years old and still remember that afternoon so clearly.

[@carloste3ichert120]

Immense respect for Ike. He was responsible for the interstate highway system

[@robertsullivan4773]

And it wasn't just for the people he wanted it as a benign weapon system of high speed roads so our military could move quickly within our country if we we ever were invaded.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

He was a racist

[@georgeschaut2178]

He was also partly responsible for the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway...yes, he was a Republican who understood gov't's role in providing infrastructure...George, Canada...

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

He was... a gentleman.

[@douglasj.arcuri1370]

I know one thing.He was a Great President underrated Every Year his stature rises.

[@douglasj.arcuri1370]

One of the Great Presidents.Totally underrated.But IKE has moved up in the rankings as a Great President.And deservingly so.

[@joenoda9094]

For all his prejudices, Patton represented to a high degree the honor of the army and the basic generosity of the American people. He made this very plain in a reply to a question put to him by the army’s Theater Judge Advocate: “In all these talks (to the troops) I emphasized the necessity for the proper treatment of prisoners of war, both as to their lives and property. My usual statement was, “Kill all the Germans you can but do not put them up against a wall and kill them. Do your killing while they are still fighting. After a man has surrendered, he should be treated exactly in accordance with the Rules of Land Warfare, and just as you would hope to be treated if you were foolish enough to surrender. Americans do not kick people in the teeth after they are down.” He openly deplored Eisenhower’s anti-German policies: “What we are doing is to utterly destroy the only semi-modern state in Europe so that Russia can swallow the whole.”

[@texmontana420]

Why do you think they killed Patton ?

[@jesusislordsavior6343]

Joe Noda What is the 'basic generosity of the American people'? Who discovered that? American people? 'Do not judge, lest ye be judged': that could pertain to positive judgments as well as negative ones. As it happened, by the grace of God, Russia did not swallow Europe whole. But beware China's underhanded effort today, to swallow the entire globe through a combination of commercial and political pressure.

[@nadyarossi5102]

Patton was a grandstander, not the great General that Ike was.

[@shipmate3577]

Patton argued to use tanks and tear gas against WWI Veterans protesting Congress in D.C. for Veteran rights. How people forget.

[@b1i2l336]

Historians have finally come to recognize this great man as one of our five greatest Presidents.

[@tomkeating5178]

interesting a man of war knew about war and, made sure usa stayed out

[@BigTexan59]

Ike is an underrated president when people think of the great presidents.

[@michaelverbakel7632]

I still think that Dwight Eisenhower's predecessor President Harry Truman was higher in stature with what he accomplished as President than what President Eisenhower did in the 1950's.

[@johnhofstetter2714]

Lot's of great stuff. Now I know what "Make America Great Again"really means.

[@Amick44]

. true. Sadly it's been misappropriated and hijacked by goofballs, recently.

[@benavraham4397]

Excellent video!

[@garymorris1856]

I was born during the Truman administration, and Eisenhower is the best president in my lifetime, by a wide margin, and yes, I am including Truman.

[@Vegan_scorpioo]

I admire every and each president who avoid war as much as possible, sign of real human being also great leadership❤️

[@tbone2135]

Ike got us into the Vietnam War, I hate Ike!

[@tbone2135]

@@lonewalker_1155 No that Ike!

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@tbone2135 No.

[@jonathanhansen3709]

I was a child when Eisenhower was President, but I remember feeling safe growing up in the this country. Unlike today, I knew a grown up was running it. I knew who was President even when I was 5 years old. Eisenhower was a lot smarter than he’s given credit for. The economy prospered. The Soviets were very cautious in their actions, because they knew they were dealing with a man who had been “General of the Armies” and run the invasion of Europe in WW2. Like any great General, he was a man who hated war, and loved peace.

[@alanshadastrokeanddiedinho2897]

Eisenhower said that appointing Warren was the worst decision he made as president, he did so because then Gov. Warren was challenging Eisenhower for the presidency.

[@juanmonge7418]

Warren was the Governor of California. The price of Warren’s endorsement for the Presidency was a future appointment to the Supreme Court. Actually, near the end of his Presidency, Ike was asked if he had made any mistakes as President. He said : Two- they are both sitting on the Supreme Court.

[@edwardanthony7283]

Ike was the last of the Great Ones, with a how sad for US, & his ingenious Interstate Highway system still moves this country on a daily basis.

[@BigTexan59]

Give Ike credit for the interstate getting built, but he took inspiration from autobahn.

[@thomasaquinas5262]

Ike was a solid and good man who always tried to do the right thing. In the event, he laid the groundwork, inadvertently, for the Vietnam war. The tragic chain of events leading to that tragedy included the French, the Brits, the indigenous resistance forces and America too...

[@jamesanthony5681]

He laid the groundwork?? Nonsense. Eisenhower KNEW the costs of getting entrenched into that conflict, and KNEW what the French had gone through between 1946-54. Kennedy laid the groundwork by sending 15,000 military into the country.

[@dallasyap3064]

He was a great President indeed. Another excellent accomplishment of his was the construction of the complex Interstate Highway System that connects the entire mainland US.

[@chunglee6895]

great visionary leader for American and the world.

[@mikewilson7622]

The greatest president ever we sure need him today

[@jackiejones1341]

The type of leader we need today. RIP 🙏.

[@benanderson4473]

Excellent video

[@Brace67]

President Eisenhower remarked at one time that one of the worst decisions he made as president was appointing Earl Warren to the Supreme Court. Warren had been the Republican governor of CA but after his appointment as Chief Justice he became quite liberal in his positions on various issues, much to the chagrin of Eisenhower. Ike was not pleased. He spent a great deal of time on the golf links making many important decisions such as which driver to use. I recall that my dad didn’t think much of him and referred to him as “Old fuzz n**s”.

[@hughdonaldson]

The last President without any prior political experience who managed to do a good job

[@Amick44]

But high rank in military service served him well. And the nation.

[@josellorca9275]

He is the best US president up to now. He still been my favorite president.

[@johnwesleyhuss2327]

My favriote president. Raised in kansas

[@robertmoir5695]

well I know Eisenhower was the right person for the time and he was a change for the better when he came to power

[@salvadormarley]

Why are there English subtitles on an English video?

[@robertblake9892]

His comments on the "military-industrial complex" were not a model of clarity and clear thinking, he noted that "we can no longer afford to improvise", we engaged in a lot of forward planning before WWII, aircraft, small arms, naval vessels. His defense policies left our defense posture dangerously unbalanced, the over-reliance on "massive retaliation" left us ill-prepared for the 1960s, "wars of liberation", and the adoption of the "up or out " promotions policies for the military resulted in our not having a professional military but a career one. Vietnam showed the folly of that system.

[@mitchellcarter1654]

He also set up the first chief of staff office in the White House to control information flow to his office instead of activities being willy-nilly.

[@fatherofdragons4880]

No mention of Val valiant Thor then?

[@jefferyjohnson4920]

Soldier, leader and statesman. I liked Ike. I consider him one of our best presidents. He saw what war is. He agonized about the decisions made during the war and the loss of life. 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸

[@McIntyreBible]

1:45, that's a fact I wasn't aware of!

[@pueblonakahmora8118]

He didn't say we needed a military industrial complex. He warned of the military industrial complex

[@lurking0death]

Yes, he most certainly DID say it was needed. But he also said it was potentially corrupt and potentially too influential. Get your accursed facts straight, moron.

[@scorpiogirl4444]

lurking0death wow? What triggered you? It was a limitation of facts that the commentator was going on. No need for such anger and name calling when it was just as easy to either ignore the comment or to comment to let the person know they need to investigate and educate themselves With complete facts.

[@jodeluna62]

Good!

[@saveyourbacon6164]

The 1950's.... arguably the high water mark of the American Dream. The rich paid their fair share of taxes, there were four surpluses and there might have been an overall surplus for the 1950's, had it not been for the recession starting in 1959. Ike seems to have known intuitively when to accept advice and when to go against his advisers. His reluctance to use force to resolve international conflicts evidences a realisation that it was inappropriate for the USA to seek to resolve every international issue in accordance with American interests. Ike would be absolutely appalled to see the behavior of the Republican Party of today, and the decline of the USA as a result.

[@garymorris1856]

Interesting, but I already knew all of these things.

[@georgeschaut2178]

Don't forget...he was also president of Columbia University from 1948 to '53...

[@lordemed1]

Dwight David Eisenhower was a great man...humble, authentic, and wise. Man, could we use his presence now. Ike would have put Trump in his place...which would have been well below the General, and looking up.

[@stevepanos2050]

So you would prefer a buffoon like Biden (who is owned by the Chinese)?

[@Amick44]

Man, could we ever!

[@americanpatriot4241]

President Eisenhower was the right man for the right time.

[@KAIROA]

So was General Patton....!!!

[@KAIROA]

The shuffle of ranks was a scramble in which seniority was often ignored and valor came to be measured by bureaucratic standard of the rules of protocol. Thus Ike, who had been a major for sixteen years, had six promotions-one about every six months, rising from lieutenant colonel to full general in less than three years. He was given a fifth star on December 16 1944, ironically the day the Germans handed him his greatest setback by unleashing the counteroffensive in the Ardennes. Mark Clark graduated from West Point eight years after Patton and was still a lieutenant colonel in 1941, when Patton was a major general. Then, however, he pulled away and became a full general_ ahead of Patton. It was not the best way to raise what Patton called the fallen arches of his self -respect. Made a lieutenant general only on March 12, 1943, after two years as a major general, he wore his three stars for two more years in spite of his victories. And he was uncertain whether he would retain his temporary rank after the war, because he was still only a colonel in the Regular Army. In March 1945, he had been overtaken again, not only by Ike, but Bradley, Devers, Clark, and Spaatz, who were promoted to full generals. Neither Patton nor Hodges, nor Simpson nor, for that matter, Sandy Patch was included in the promotion list. Knowing how rank-conscious Patton was, and how he resented such rebuff, Eisenhower pleaded for him and for Hodges in Washington. But General Marshall vetoed their promotion on the ground that, as he put it, it would have been a slight to Bradley, and Devers who by then were commanding army groups. Patton grinned a little more grimly than usual when he was told he had been passed over, but bore the snub surprisingly well. Just then he was compensated by a sudden avalanche of other rewards. Luxembourg awarded him its coveted Croix de Guerre, France made him a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and the City of Metz had a huge medallion minted for him. And besides, he said, “I am having so much fun fighting that I don’t give a damn what my rank is.” But he did care, of course. When, four months after Ike’s promotion, and four weeks after the others had been given their four stars, he also was made a full general, he was less than elated. Sometimes I fell, Patton wrote on the eve of his last promotion, “that I may nearing the end of this life.” And more characteristically, in a less macabre mood, “I sometimes think that it is disadvantageous to do too well.”

[@Justin.Martyr]

*& DonaLd Trump IS the RIGHT PRESIDENT NOW!!!!!*

[@Justin.Martyr]

@@KAIROA *& just WUT was the GOOD Part about Patton???*

[@TBaroody1]

Very underrated POTUS I LIKE IKE

[@mattzupon4155]

Ike was probably the most pragmatic POTUS

[@justinbrockshus8483]

You're leaving out a few things in the things you bring up in this video. For example, Ike considered the Earl Warren nomination/appointment the worst decision he ever made as President, because he ended up being a liberal. Yes, he sent troops to Little Rock AR, but reluctantly and hesitatingly and only after Governor Faubus refused to do anything about it. President Truman was the first President to send troops (in non-combat roles) to Vietnam in what would become the Vietnam War. During the Eisenhower Administration, we were still there and even slowly and steadily increased our presence. Lastly, his famous Farewell Address was just before he left office, like 3 days, not after.

[@Melinda8162]

@Justin Brockshus:. Then why didn't Eisenhower pull everyone out of Vietnam while he was president if he thought we shouldn't be involved? I mean ' whoever' was there, which I thought were ' advisors '??

[@SandfordSmythe]

@Buck Rothschild LBJ knew about this attempt, but he thought it was too horrible to make it public.

[@epa2349]

@@Melinda8162 There's no pulling everyone out, after WW2, America had some form of military presence in most of the countries, most of those countries actually ask for it because it would mean they are under the protection of American army. Which is why monarchies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE all have tens of thousands of American troops on their land because they are basically under American protection.

[@leonardbonitt3586]

I am under the impression that Eisenhower sent 700 advisers to Vietnam.

[@roberthudson1959]

Citing the appointment of Earl Warren as one of Eisenhower's accomplishments ignores the reality that Eisenhower called that appointment his biggest mistake.

[@margaretneanover6066]

He seemed under duress that the complex wasn't just a German invention, that the idea was some blended concept that not only had created , but was monsterous to some ethnics through probable hindsight. It's kinda like black friday, everyone finds idea and races to the cost of it. I think casualties along the way. It's so imperative to not agree that inner casualties are just one for a cause, because the cause seems to carry many meanings. The Earth is filled with offensive defense. Yet long ago it was rumored about a ethnic racing as a game, not a religion. The silent concerns about who's willing, who's drafted, who's forced into that chaos isn't just a question, it's had answers that are not popular to the cause. So, now the rumors about this life or another, should be communicated. The side calling bull sets a much different stage Both hands find it harder to pass without being caught.

[@b747guy9]

In my personal view his greatest failure in office was not confronting Joe McCarthy

[@stephenrichie4646]

He worked hard behind the scenes to discredit McCarthy. It worked. He thought going after him publicly would only fuel the flames and give him the attention he craved.

[@m3rl707]

I still like Ike.. Stuffed up majorly in Iran tho

[@Raykibb1]

I wonder if Ike had helped France in 1954 with Vietnam, if that could have altered the entire Vietnam conflict in the 60s?

[@michaelcampon9000]

Raykibb x

[@jamesanthony5681]

In 1954, Ike tasked one of his Generals, Matthew Ridgway, on what it would take on the part of the US to supplant the French in Vietnam. Ridway - who prepared a document for posterity sake - said it would take anywhere from 500k to 1,000k men, and even then, he said, "that might not be enough." Ike asked, "and then what?" Ike knew. He knew what the French had gone through and the dedication and tenacity of the Vietcong.

[@Raykibb1]

James Anthony: Thanks, I am a huge fan of Ike’s. I loved his fiscal policies, and his farewell address was ominous, and sadly unheeded.

[@marisarossi6692]

io, italiana, amo IKE per motivi familiari.

[@michaellangan4450]

With such a germen name as Eisenhower, you would think, during WW2, he was kept under scrutiny.

[@magiccitymelkite6161]

I highly doubt it. His family was in America for generations and came from Amish and Mennonites who were a religious minority who fled Germany and settled in Pennsylvania and later Kansas due to religious persecution hundreds of years ago likely before the unification of the modern German nation-state. His last name is even an Americanized spelling different from what it would be in Germany.

[@mortishastyles1345]

Because he was the President of the United States of America my spirit decided to be born into mortal life in '55.Because of him alone in God we trust on all our money is our strength against those who do not.

[@GH-oi2jf]

I disagree with the assessment of Eisenhower’s role in Vietnam. When the French decided to leave Vietnam, the United States took their place and helped to maintain a separate government in the south and prevent implementation of the 1954 accords. The only sensible policy was to assist in implementation of the accords, then go home, as subsequent events proved. In the 1960s, President Johnson was the person we blamed the most for the Vietnam War, but I have long believed that it started with Eisenhower and the Dulles brothers.

[@tek6423]

I like Ike.

[@TheKeithvidz]

On his 'foreign policy' - tried to overthrow Syria (Barac destined to follow suite); overthrew democratic Guatemala and Iran, played a role in the eventual murder of African premier Patrice Lumumba over resources ushering decades of brutal rule in his nation.

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

Career politicians are the problem

[@BryonLetterman]

It takes someone who understands the true cost of war and the horrors of war to keep American troops out of wars that we had no business fighting in. I was hoping that Trump would have been the guy to recognize that we should not be in Iraq and immediately withdraw troops and also find a way to bring a swift end to Afghanistan, but he hasn't done that. But at least he hasn't escalated things, meaning increase troop levels. We need another president with the same experience and mindset as Eisenhower.

[@sblack48]

During ww2 hitler was the least of his worries. He had to figure out how to get the leaders of england france and britain to get along. Talk about genius!

[@jimsanti2234]

He played football for army against Carlyle and Jim Thorpe

[@lewie7820]

Marshall was his Ace in the hole. Ike had the idea. Marshall came up with the plan.......

[@harrisontaylor3751]

I like Ike

[@ronaldreagan5535]

Ike was also part Black (an ancestor of his was a slave), which may explain his push for civil rights while in office. He also had a mistress.

[@veannwright3354]

Ikes mother was the child of plantation slaves. The Democrats don't want people to knew how much Republicans have done for equity.

[@makingknowsense8979]

He was a cool dude. Everyone thought he was out on the golf course. Not even close he was a hands on president. Most important he was the last ethical Republican president. After Eisenhower presidents are more concerned with power than the country. Read the 1956 Republican Platform its hard to understand how they went so wrong.

[@BigTexan59]

When was the last ethical Democrat president? Maybe Carter, but Jimmy was too nice to deal with the world.

[@Jeffreylogan74]

They are all corrupt establishment liars. They killed Kennedy because he wouldn’t fall in line and keep their lies secret. You probably need to go pre WW2 to find a genuinely honest president.

[@Jeffreylogan74]

They are all corrupt establishment liars. They killed Kennedy because he wouldn’t fall in line and keep their lies secret. You probably need to go pre WW2 to find a genuinely honest president.

[@niradnagrom2356]

I *STILL* LIKE IKE!

[@angloaust1575]

He didnt commute the death sentence on eddie Slovak in ww2 Combat fatigue wasnt his problem being In rear echelon areas Out of harms way!

[@gabrielacobian9137]

There are two things I would like to comment on, one is about the falacy or misconception that Russians were godless; Russians are the most profound spiritual people in the world. The second point is about my opinion regarding Eisenhower. He was not as aware of history as those who tried hard to influence him in his capacity as militaryman as well as a politician; consequently, he was often influenced as president.

[@epa2349]

Yeah Russians weren't godless, but communism is. The American fight was against communism not against ordinary Russians.

[@ub1953]

Great patriot POTUS !

[@buddymario3462]

Dwight Eisenhower is my favorite president