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Ike.(Brief article)(Book review)
In June, 1944, Anne Frank heard General Eisenhower on the radio, announcing the invasion of Europe, and wrote in her diary, "I have the feeling that friends are approaching." Korda's engaging biography does justice to Eisenhower's leadership on D Day and to the disarming mixture of amiability and strength that marked his character. But its preoccupation with defending Ike against (mostly British) accusations of ineptitude, from an American ...
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