{"product_id":"eisenhower-a-soldiers-life-9780805056877","title":"Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An excellent book . . . D'Este's masterly account comes into its own.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into hardscrabble poverty in rural Kansas, the son of stern pacifists, Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to make it. Casting new light on this profound evolution, Eisenhower chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith full access to private papers and letters, Carlo D'Este has exposed for the first time the untold myths that have surrounded Eisenhower and his family for over fifty years, and identified the complex and contradictory character behind Ike's famous grin and air of calm self-assurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike other biographies of the general, \u003ci\u003eEisenhower \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the true Ike, from his youth to the pinnacle of his career and afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805056877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/2003 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carlo D'Este, D'Este","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643895574684,"sku":"9780805056877","price":45.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c07df6d4-45de-4154-b1fa-7cb522386aed.jpg?v=1603857484","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/eisenhower-a-soldiers-life-9780805056877","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}