“Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it.” — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower and Patton, old friends and figures crucial to the Allies' upcoming success, conferred over yet another gaffe on Patton's part that could have cost him his command. Patton's head is on Ike's shoulder in gratitude, but the scene is… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Lincoln responded: I have just received your dispatch of 1 p.m. yesterday. —I begin to see it. You will succeed. — God bless you… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Despite Sumner’s vigorous opposition, the Senate, after an all-night debate, adopted a resolution introduced by Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana authorizing the commission,… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.” — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
Author says that, while Eisenhower had other intellectual mentors, he learned how to lead men from Gen. Walter Krueger. Krueger was the first American… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“The only time I ever deliberately resolved to do an expedient thing for party reasons, against my own judgment, was on the occasion of… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.” — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Rice assumed her duty was to translate Bush's instincts and intuition into policy. Instincts and intuition are a poor substitute for reasoned analysis. [...]… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower and Patton, old friends and figures crucial to the Allies' upcoming success, conferred over yet another gaffe on Patton's part that could have… — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
“He lifted himself from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees.” — Jean Edward Smith Copy Share Image
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