General Ike Author:Alden Hatch This is a lively, heart-warming and authoritative biography of the greaest general in our history, very likely the brillian strategist of war since Napoleon. It is an intimate picture of Eisenhower the man, the kind we like to think of as a typical American--modest, unimpressed by his own position or anybody else's, bringing common sense, salty... more » humor, and human decency to every situation. He is the casual-mannered, friendly man who believes in people but isn't fooled; who like to have his friends around him, but can't bear yes-men. He's a hard worker and a plugger who also has rare vision, statesmanship, and the courage to take long chances; but, to borrow one of his own favorite phrases, he is "no glory hopper". It is the story of an Army career so brilliant that it was no surprise to anyone when, with the nation plunged into war in two hemispheres, they sent for Eisenhower. It describes his exuberant boyhood in Kansas with his five brothers, his determined and light-hearted courtship of pretty Mamie Doud of San Antonio, and the other intimate and, in themselves, sometimes unimportant details of his life which make for a true understanding of the character of any man, even a great one. Alden hatch has been materially aided by the Gerneral's immediate family and personal friends, who have contributed anecdotes and blim0pses of Eisnhower's life and character. This new and enlarged edition has brought the story of Eisenhower and his drive against Germany through the great Battle of the Bulge and into the German homland--to the very threshold of victory.« less