In his magisterial bestseller FDR, Jean Edward Smith gave us a fresh, modern look at one of the most indelible figures in American history. Now this peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about Americas thirty-fourth president. As America searches for new heroes to lead it out of its present-day predicaments, Jean Edward Smiths achievement lies in reintroducing us to a hero from the past whose virtues have become clouded in the mists of history.