Eisenhower and the Cold War



Eisenhower and the Cold War

Introduction

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969), twice president of the United States, was a five star military general and a prominent U.S. statesman. Born in Deninson (Texas) in 1890, Eisenhower belonged to an ancient Mennonite family of German settlers. He entered the Military Academy at West Point on June 14, 1911. Graduated on June 12, 1915 Eisenhower was commissioned as a second lieutenant in September 1915. On July 1, 1916, he married Mamie Geneva and their first child was born in September 1917 but died in 1921 His second son, John Sheldon Doud was born in 1922. Eisenhower did not take part in the First World War, but served from February 1915 until September of 1918 at Fort Sam Houston, Camp Wilson and Leon Springs, Texas and later at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, Camp Dix, New Jersey, Fort Benning, Georgia and Fort. He was promoted to first lieutenant on July 1, 1916, to captain in 1917, major (temporary) in June 1918 and Lieutenant Colonel in October of that year.

In 1922 he was in the Panama Canal Zone as an executive officer and then he returned to Maryland and Colorado in 1925. Later, he entered the School of Staff Officers and graduated in 1926. He served as battalion commander in Georgia until January 1927 and then went to the Battle Monuments Commission American under the command of General Pershing, where he wrote a guide to American battles during the First World War, as he traveled to France for the purpose of doing research on the matter. He entered the War College in Washington and graduated in 1928. He served as executive officer to General George V. Moseley, Assistant Secretary of War in 1929 and served as an aide to General MacArthur to September 1935. From September 1935 until December 1939, Eisenhower was appointed military adviser to the Government of the Philippines and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on July 1, 1936. He had several administrative positions in Washington and various commands until December 1941 when he was assigned to Headquarters in Washington where he held the rank of colonel.

From December 1941 to June 1942 he was Chief Representative of Pacific Defenses to General Gerow of the War Plans Division. He was appointed head of that division in February 1942. In April of that year he was appointed Chief of Staff in charge of Operations Division of General George Marshall on March 27, 1942 and temporarily promoted to the rank of major general. In April of that year he was appointed Chief of Staff in charge of Operations Division of General George Marshall on March 27, 1942 and temporarily promoted to the rank of major general.

In autumn 1945, he became Chief of Staff of the Army. Although he accepted the chancellorship of the University of Columbia in 1948 and remained as a military advisor, three years later, he returned to Europe as Supreme Commander of the Organization of the North Atlantic ...