Do you believe Dwight D. Eisenhower was a great president?

I would rank Eisenhower as one of the five best presidents, behind only George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt. He inherited one of the most dangerous situations of any president. read more

Eisenhower’s chief accomplishment is hard to see because it involved refusing to do something — as opposed to doing something — and that something (that he refused to do) is to allow the military to pay for the Cold War with debt. read more

In 1999, the United States Congress created the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, to create an enduring national memorial in Washington, D.C.. In 2009, the commission chose the architect Frank Gehry to design the memorial. read more

In 1952, leading Republicans convinced Eisenhower (then in command of NATO forces in Europe) to run for president; he won a convincing victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson and would serve two terms in the White House (1953-1961). read more