Eisenhower RE: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (was Re: Hardworking?)

[John D. Giorgis]

At 03:53 PM 5/28/01 -0400 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>I mainly got a picture by reading biographies of Marshall, etc.  Umm,
>the two best Eisenhower biographies are by Stephen Ambrose and David
>Eisenhower - both are excellent, although both are obviously somewhat
>biased as well.  Both, btw, absolutely demolish the pernicious fiction
>that Eisenhower did little or nothing while he was President -
>something that no serious historian believes anymore anyways, but an
>image that nonetheless remains among the public, sadly.  

Not the least of which, btw, is our own David Brin.   

Well actually, I think he does give Eisenhower (and by extensions,
Republicans) credit for the Interstate Highway Act - but perhaps not.

JDG
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