Arguing Quote by Robert Scheer

Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall…

— Robert Dallek

“Truman’s farewell address on January 15, 1953, delivered five days before he left the renovated White House, is to this day one of the…

— Garrett M. Graff

“Eisenhower was certain any war with the Soviet Union would become a nuclear war, and any nuclear war would escalate into a full, all-out…

— Garrett M. Graff

“Although Truman and his advisers still hoped to ameliorate gathering tensions, they made only half-hearted efforts to accommodate the Soviets, or even to negotiate…

— James T. Patterson

As General Eisenhower discovered, it is easier to end the Cold War or stamp out poverty than to master this devilish pastime.

— James Reston, Jr

As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he…

— Thomas Frank

“Eisenhower was determined to avoid a direct confrontation with the Soviets. It is unlikely he would have sent American armed forces unilaterally. Yet something…

— Alex von Tunzelmann

Kennedy was president for only 1,037 days, but during his short tenure, he achieved much. At the Cold War's most dangerous hour, he preserved…

— Gretchen Rubin

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

— Lord Mountbatten

It fell to President Harry Truman to contain Soviet expansionism. He built America's first peacetime alliances, starting in Western Europe, then in Asia.

— Antony Blinken

I think it [presidency of Dwight Eisenhower] came too late and I think that he is not on the wavelength of this dreadful time…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee in 1952, made a strong public commitment to ending the war in Korea, where fighting had reached a stalemate.

— Robert Dallek