Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower is a typical embodiment of the "American dream": a descendant of a poor family who led the state. He is the only president of the USA who became world-famous even before he took the highest government post, as... the Supreme Commander of the Anglo-American army that opened the second front in Europe and met the allied Soviet troops in the heart of Nazi Germany. General Eisenhower refused to capture Berlin, believing that this right should belong to the Red Army; in 1945 he stood next to Stalin on the podium of the Mausoleum and received the Order of "Victory" from Marshal Zhukov. His presidency saw the first attempt at international détente and the first steps into space, loud international scandals over the downing of a spy plane over Soviet territory, CIA-organized coups in other countries, the "witch hunt," the expansion of civil rights for the black population, and the construction of federal highways. The book, based on materials from American archives, tells the story of a general who hated wars, and the only president in the 20th century during whose term the USA did not engage in warfare.