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Ike’s caution shaped Ike Eisenhower’s rise and era
Washington veteran Drew Pearson recalls meeting Ike in 1932 during the Bonus Army episode. The piece traces Ike’s cautious nature from then through World War II and his presidency, noting his restraint, political misgivings about running, and preference for civilian control and measured policy. It also touches on postwar diplomacy and the Taft delegate incident in 1952.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Yavight D. Eisenhower
Army General Staff
BC Metropolitan Police
Banus Army
Ejiserhower
Douglas MacArthur
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
Bay of Pigs
CIA
South Vietnam
Nixon
Supreme Court
Little Rock
United States
Ike
Omar Bradley
George Marshall
WAC
Gen. Bradley
Rhine
Bradley
Mershall Montgomery
Erty
Montgomery
Extra
Life
Taft
Einero
Dulles
Eisen- Ye
Johnhower
Foster
Lyn Orl
Stia
Oy Tees
Iedon Johnson
Iit
Paris
SHAPE
NATO
Republican State Committee
South Carolina
Charleston
Louisiana
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Rules Committee
Chicago