One of John F. Kennedy's first official acts as president was to restore Eisenhower to the rank of general of the army, which Ike had given up when he retired to run for president. In 1949 ...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower ran on the campaign of active Cold War containment, pledging “I shall go to Korea” to secure “an early and honorable” peace. Challenges: In 1957, the Soviet Sputnik—the world’s ...
President Eisenhower and Nikita Krushchev. Courtesy: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library As the dust settled after the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as competing ...