Eisenhower Author:Martin Blumenson 'Officers that fail... must be ruthlessly weeded out. Considerations of friendship, family, kindliness and nice personality have nothing whatsoever to do with the problem...' Eisenhower was really talking to himself. Victory was too precarious a prize to suffer anything but efficient leadership and effective performance. — Ballantine's Illustrate... more »d History of the Violent Century war leader book No 9« less