Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 - 1961)

[@drlegendre]

Everything that Dave said, and.. The Eisenhower years produced some of the greatest and most prolific public architecture in US history. This was an era with a distinctive style that really knew how to build a post office.

[@kronovore3583]

They certainly did. Plus, Civil Defense fallout shelters galore. All built to survive a full-on thermonuclear exchange. The world might be destroyed, but the post offices and the kids sheltering under their school desks would still be in fine shape! What an era.

[@robertgriffin6049]

I'm Australian , my respect for Ike didn't arise from his WW2 position , but from what I saw of his Presidency and of how he put patriotism before politics .

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Eisenhower was surprisingly Bipartisan probably because he did not really care much for the party, he did support Nixon of course.

[@coaxill4059]

Give me politics over patriotism any day. My country isn't sacred, it's a patch of dirt. What makes it great is its policy and the ideological convictions of those who crafted it.

[@SandfordSmythe]

@@johnnotrealname8168 When the press asked for something important Nixon did as VP, he said he'd have to think about it, get back to them. Nixon had a slimy reputation then, and that did not sit well with Eisenhower.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@SandfordSmythe That was in a Kennedy Presidential Advert. Eisenhower later said that he supports Nixon and definitely did for his 1968 campaign.

[@SandfordSmythe]

@@johnnotrealname8168 Eisenhower was a good soldier.

[@roaryratcoon]

Thanks for this one Dave. Eisenhower is from my home town of Abilene, Kansas. I even worked at his presidential library/museum for a few years. Extremely hard to compact his presidency into a 14 minute video, but kudos to you for making it work. I'd have loved to see you delve more into his upbringing and how his family shaped his world views, because it's quite fascinating in and of itself. Either way, really good video!

[@bradpresson6606]

He was born in my hometown: Denison, Texas.

[@zevfine7349]

He was also born in my home town of Atlanta Georgia

[@mattkelly2004]

WW2 is a endless pit of history, the more I learn about it, the more I see how much is yet to be learned, the war was very complex. Credit does go to ike he was the head of the allied snake and in my opinion was a major factor to the victory in Europe.

[@glennpearson9348]

Great stuff, Prof. Dave! I suspect not many will appreciate just how much Ike did to push back against racism in our country. This piece covered that aspect of his Presidency quite well. Thanks for the knowledge!

[@jbess6505]

Dave, you do great work, as an adult I can see your material being used for kids and teens. I'd hope to see that if it is not implemented already. I mean I totally would. Keep it up Dave.

[@luckylink6452]

0:17He forgot about Teddy Roosevelt who was considered “a war hero” of the Spanish American war in 1898.

[@Nn-3]

I don't think Teddy even compares to Eisenhower or Grant. Grant was head of the Union Army, and Eisenhower was supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe.

[@jakeharmon542]

Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley. All Civil War veterans...

[@catofthecastle1681]

@@jakeharmon542 He didn’t say veteran, he said hero!

[@jakeharmon542]

@@catofthecastle1681 All veterans are heroes in my book...

[@ChiefFalque]

@@jakeharmon542 "Hero" has to do with public opinion. What you're talking about is personal heroes - those you consider worthy of admiration for their deeds and sacrifices.

[@ikesau]

These condensed histories are so jarring to watch after just finishing up a Dan Carlin series wherein multiple perspectives are quoted and contextualized over the span of 20 hours. Not a strike on the quality of this video! They just have different budgets and goals.

[@dontaylor7315]

I take it you think this video works well for a 14-minute summary (as opposed to a 20-hour history). If that's the case I agree.

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

It's crazy how much the 1950s set the stage for the massive social, political, and technological changes seen throughout the 60's and onwards. All the decisions made then... We're still seeing the repercussions now, for better, worse, and everything in between.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

We should implant polices from the 30s through 60s and expand government benefits and fund science and education and help the citizens of this great nation

[@thunderbird1921]

Depended on where you were in the 50s, social change was already happening in some areas. If you lived in the South or certain major cities, then yeah...NOT a good experience, but if you lived in places like Iowa, you usually were better off, even as minority race. My father grew up there in the 1950s, he witnessed very little if any racism in his childhood farming town, and for a while the preacher at his family's overwhelmingly white Methodist church was a guy born in India (and of that race). Meanwhile, a few communities over, the University of Iowa had black football players as early as 1896, DECADES ahead of many other major colleges even outside the South. In 1958, the Hawkeyes won a share of the national championship and that integrated team also handed visting southern power #6 TCU (who was segregated) a shutout loss, 17-0. Half back Bob Jeter and Willie Fleming thrilled Hawkeye fans with their speed talent. By the late 50s, things were REALLY changing for the better (outside the South at least): the military had been desegregated for 10 years, MLB was more widely integrated, Brown V. Board of Education has been decided in 1954, the first Civil Rights Act passed in 1957, and even Hollywood was turning against racism at this time (two famous and highly popular films, Giant and South Pacific, even showed interracial marriage in a positive light). Obviously a lot of work still lay ahead, but America was MILES better for minorities in the 50s than it had been in the 20s-30s. Even in the South, cracks were beginning to show (a group of over 1,000 white women in Little Rock called on the governor of Arkansas to stop his resistance to desegregation after the Little Rock Nine). As for working women, World War II and the events that followed gave them a whole new level of respect and admiration (and in the early 60s equal pay laws would be passed). One cannot possibly look at the 50s and say they were not progressive.

[@armandocarrillo1594]

Dude, super cool. I had totally forgotten a lot of this stuff since its been a while but its nice to inform yourself again and realize that its still in there. Just got to reach out for it. Thanks for the informative video!

[@josho7138]

Yeah bro

[@angrydoggy9170]

Paranoia seeped in and never left.

[@ericacavender35]

Ike got the US highway system started. By far the best in the world.

[@kronovore3583]

Dull, Duller, Dulles. Two dangerous brothers. Ike's presidency is seriously underrated. Thankfully, it is receiving the same positive re-assessment of his "near-great" predecessor Truman. FDR, Truman, Ike and JFK - quite a run of presidents. If it weren't for the tragedies of Vietnam and Watergate, you could also add LBJ and Richard Nixon to that run of "great" and "near-great" presidents who helped to sculpt our post-war world. Well, they did too. All of these presidents were human and all had their flaws. Humanity is fortunate to have survived a very perilous era. The thought of tens of millions of young men and women killed or maimed in WW2 and the proxy wars of the Cold War is an appalling tragedy. What a great series. Thank you Professor Dave!

[@partheshsingh6332]

He was also first us president who visited India

[@nikoschazapis2379]

God bless you dear Dave.

[@fume-calico]

Details you missed, Major d-day contributions like Canada took juno Beach during d-day, it was freed French forces not French (vichy) troops a small distinction, over all 11 nations contributioned

[@cgirl111]

Russia lost more men taking Berlin than the US lost in the entire Vietnam era.

[@dontaylor7315]

So they made it a lot easier for us when we got there. Maybe that's why we conceded too much at Yalta, if we went in knowing we owed them for destroying Hitler's eastern front in Russia and then overthrowing his regime in Berlin. It gets tricky when the ally you're indebted to is ruled by a monster like Stalin.

[@alitlweird]

Stalin killed more of his OWN PEOPLE BEFORE he entered WWII than America has lost in all of her wars combined.

[@Goreuncle]

@@alitlweird Meanwhile, in the US, black people were enjoying Jim Crow laws (and Tuskegee Syphilis "studies"), Japanese Americans were thrilled about being forced to move to internment camps, big shots at CIA were planning murders and wars for political gain and women were only allowed in the military as auxiliaries (in separate corps and without access to commissioned ranks). But, hey, you keep focusing on Stalin... I'm sure that'll keep all the crap the US was doing out of people's minds.

[@Goreuncle]

@@dontaylor7315 I always find it funny when people say that the Western Allies "allowed" the Red Army to take Berlin... as if they could've done anything to stop them. The Soviet Union had more soldiers, artillery and tanks in Europe than all the Western Allies combined (and a considerable number of aircraft as well). Besides, the Red Army was extremely battle-hardened and capable, after many major operations, which put most operations in the western front to shame. You have to keep in mind that the German forces in the eastern front constituted the largest and most deadly invasion force in the history of humanity... yet they were crushed by the Red Army, after 4 years of hell. They inflicted utter destruction and death to the Soviet Union (which suffered more casualties than the rest of Allies combined, including the Pacific theater). It would've been unwise for the Western Allies to try to stand in their way, not only because the Red Army was crazy strong, but also because the Soviet people had earned the right to put an end to Nazi Germany.

[@JohnfromWaterFrontVillige]

Yeah a who was the best and most important one of the allies argument.

[@davidkugel]

Don't forget the Canadians who landed on D-Day. Ike ended the Korean War. The US economy thrived during his two terms. One must rate Ike as a very good or near-great president. Was he perfect? No. You must also understand that he was the product of his times as all leaders are.

[@aw-md6oi]

Thats because FDR and Truman left things so they couldnt do anything but go up.Too bad we dont have Ike and JFK here together now.

[@dnaann1867]

Eisenhower, Lincoln were the two greatest usa leaders

[@Rayzersword]

If only modern conservatives were more like Ike.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

By today's standards would call him a socialist. lmao

[@thunderbird1921]

The Left would HATE Eisenhower today. They'd call him a theocratic and heartless bigot for making "In God We Trust" the national motto as well as his mass deportations of illegal immigrants. He literally began his 1953 inaugural address with a prayer, which shocked many in the press. He also had pretty socially conservative views, despite improving African American civil rights and other stuff. They'd accuse him of being a more polished Trump. By the way, Ike IS still respected greatly by many folks on the Right, even though Reagan is the favorite.

[@aw-md6oi]

AMEN TO THAT.

[@enon8116]

@@thunderbird1921yeah he was a bit of a nut

[@YungSnowGod]

@@thunderbird1921opposite of Trump he strengthened social security, interstate highways, and improved civil rights

[@harrytruman5700]

Hi Dave and Did know his full name Dwght David Eisenhower and l hope He better than me. And l like how both Kennedy and Eisenhower both work.

[@catofthecastle1681]

Truman could speak and write English!

[@horizonbrave1533]

So I have some critiscism for Ike no doubt (space race...) but his contemporaries..the likes of de Gaul, Patton and Montgomery..what line up and having his decision be the one to nail DDay...gotta respect that...

[@peteruhlig9004]

Why didn't you show the election map of 1956.

[@michaelmole5435]

I like Ike!

[@jcrossan1351]

I like Ike you like Ike everybody likes Ike

[@kirillzakharov7336]

8:43 it's annoying how people always mispronounce Sputnik. Spoot-nik. the u is spelled like in "put"

[@theosib]

There is nothing Professor Dave can't explain.

[@jakejohnson6954]

He can’t explain why i cant get a girlfriend

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@jakejohnson6954 That's on you, bro!!

[@jakejohnson6954]

@@wilnerolivier7971 😔

[@eaglescrown713]

Eisenhower is my dads second cousin so I don’t what that makes him to me but it is nice to say we are related

[@thomahammer9581]

Didn’t you forget about Theodore Roosevelt?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

nope

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Eisenhower was a great President. Not perfect. But he promoted civil rights, was anti-communist, and supported FDR’s new deal polices. Hope we have more great U.S. presidents like him in the future. Thanks for the short documentary. :)

[@whatabouttheearth]

SAD FACT: Eisenhower, MacArthur and Patton smashed the veterans protests (after they got rowdy because police shot some veterans) in DC called the 'Bonus Marches', which were supported by Marine General Smedley Butler, read his book titled 'War is a Racket' and look up 'The Bonus Marches'.

[@nicholasbrooks7349]

​He also helped the lavender scare.​@whatabouttheearth

[@blakesutherland519]

Eisenhower is the greatest President of the last half of the 20th century and since. I Like Ike!

[@Релёкс84]

The only Ike I like is Duna's Moon!

[@peteruhlig9004]

Do eisenhowers second election professor. Pete

[@jrtvproductions1751]

So basically Eisenhower was an ok president if you ignore the foriegn policy mishaps and the cia

[@jeonyounggun104]

It was the wrong meeting with Syngman Rhee.Haha

[@AliHassan-fr9kx]

Can we make cars electricity from light instead of benze

[@AliHassan-fr9kx]

Can Brian emit radtion like gamma

[@uTube486]

"Space" race??? Come on Dave, we all know there's no "space". Remember those flat earth guys know it.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

No space? Than why I do I see stars and the moon?

[@uTube486]

@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI It's kinda an inside joke...

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

uTube486 oh ok

[@uTube486]

@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI Pls check out Dave's flat earth videos, they are TCFW.(To Cool For Words) I've watched all of them at least 5 times.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

uTube486 ik I have watched them. Love seeing Dave destroy them.

[@livejay9062]

Wir würden deutsch sprechen, wenn da nicht Dwight D. Eisenhower wäre.

[@timefitnessprolfbb414]

This is someone who met alien creatures at the Air Force Base in Area 51 on the order of them, a number of alien races, and they are humans from other races. UFO👽

[@navis5284]

Thought this would be about Eisenhower, not liberal political propaganda.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

"It's propaganda!" - Every idiot who blindly swallows conservative propaganda, about any factual information ever.

[@incredibleXMan]

There are dodgy aspects to his time in power. I think the Dulles brothers and Guatemala.

[@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832]

Will you kill the globebusters answer to your 10 chalenges for FE?

[@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832]

@Raging S The very bad ones, but the globebusters think they did a good Jobb so I think it is time to put them back in the dumpster. .

[@nancyrogers9624]

Great

[@S0nder]

I sort of like Ike

[@S0nder]

I love Ike

[@whatabouttheearth]

SAD FACT: Eisenhower, MacArthur and Patton smashed the veterans protests (after they got rowdy because police shot some veterans) in DC called the 'Bonus Marches', which were supported by Marine General Smedley Butler, read his book titled 'War is a Racket' and look up 'The Bonus Marches'.

[@andreasruhm1690]

The Sowjetunion lost about 25-30 Mio lives in Second World War. 10 Mio are far off from the real numbers.

[@bademantelnachrichtenoster3016]

From the 25 Mio that the sowjet propaganda tells in real life they lost about 15 Mio and about 10 Mio were murderd by the NKWD/GPU of Stalin!

[@turkturkleton2671]

Pay attention, it wasn't the whole war, it was only talking about taking Berlin. Slow down and take your time next time before you rush to the comments over something you THINK is a mistake.

[@steven2640]

If Lincoln was the greatest republican of the 19th century then Eisenhower was the best of the 20th.

[@subject_7]

Coolidge?

[@Temporaryusername-i4h]

Dear modern conservatives, be like ike

[@brianbrady4496]

Way off on Soviet casualties in WW2..

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

No, that was accurate.

[@DinoMan2945]

He was also a dictator

[@TheKeithvidz]

i said in other vids - he who fought fascist Hitler OVERTHREW DEMOCRATIC government's: Iran, Guatemala, Congo. edit - praise to you calling out his horrid foreign policy, he did not practice what he preached, convenient democracy. Even the Soviets were not so virulently anti democratic. I made this annex after I saw you included the above. To his credit performed well in national policy.

[@scptime1188]

But the thing is: was he on the dime? 🤔

[@MisterItchy]

He was on the dollar coin.

[@scptime1188]

@@MisterItchy Yeah, I'm pretty sure he was on that. But loads of people misremember him being on the dime. But this is actually impossible since he was alive at the time people say he was on the dime, and living people cannot be on currency that is in circulation.

[@MisterItchy]

@@scptime1188 TBH, I had to look it up. I was like, isn't he on the dime? But, if he were, you wouldn't have said that!

[@scptime1188]

@@MisterItchy It confuses me too. People who talk about the Mandela Effect usually refer to pieces of evidence, called residue, for the old memory. One piece of residue for the Eisenhower dime (which apparently never existed) is a song from a few years back. I'll try and find it EDIT: Found the residue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fITFgKN8edFpaqc

[@catofthecastle1681]

Google!

[@dovidrotenberg4690]

Aggressive Israel, Nasar only blocked off the Straits of Tehran. Your compass seems to be constantly pointing west (left) rather than north!

[@japyellowmonkey3736]

日本語ありがたい

[@ub1953]

Great patriot POTUS !

[@brianlam5847]

science jesus here teaching me us history and science

[@infinitemonkey917]

How is "progressive conservative" not an oxymoron ?

[@onomatopoeia162003]

I would say he was a "moderate" of the 50's. By today's standards he would be where Sanders is today or so.

[@sriyasodharmma4021]

This is why we need the electrical cottage.

[@toddbannon3380]

The last good Republican. He was really a Democrat.

[@sruthakeerthr.p2779]

professor dave the flat earthes are repeting pionts AGAIN

[@maritzacastillo5695]

Lowkey boring

[@bonnypop5764]

Professor dave.... Do me

[@deletice]

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