The True Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a General in the White House

2024-02-01T15:09:13.488Z

Highlights: The True Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a General in the White House. Stéphane Bern tells the story of an American president who marked his time, a man of war who worked for peace and who succeeded in maintaining it in the United States by occupying the supreme office. What was his military genius? What do we owe him as head of the U.S.? How did his experience as a warlord influence his way of exercising power? To talk about it, Bern receives Hélène Harter, historian, professor of contemporary North American history at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Stéphane Bern tells the story of an American president who marked his time, a man of war who worked for peace and who succeeded in maintaining it in the United States by occupying the supreme office. Or the true story of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a general in the White House... What was his military genius? What do we owe him as head of the United States? How did his experience as a warlord influence his way of exercising power? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Hélène Harter, historian, professor of contemporary history of North America at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and author of "Eisenhower, the war leader who became president" (Tallandier)