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Been waiting decades for this.
I thought that it was probably tied up in legal battles
and that I'd never see this released during my lifetime..

After BobĀ ā¤ļøĀ Abishola tonight...

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What has become a D-Day tradition for me is to watch this CBS Special 20 Anniversary interview between Walter Cronkite and President Eisenhower. I get a glimpse into those leadership qualities Eisenhower had, and you can see his intelligence in how he answered the questions. It's also nice to see a quality interview and mutual respect between the two as they discuss D-Day. I always thought of Eisenhower as some kind of stumblebum, not that up on things, and this complete changed my outlook on him.

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1 hour ago, Matthew said:

What has become a D-Day tradition for me is to watch this CBS Special 20 Anniversary interview between Walter Cronkite and President Eisenhower. I get a glimpse into those leadership qualities Eisenhower had, and you can see his intelligence in how he answered the questions. It's also nice to see a quality interview and mutual respect between the two as they discuss D-Day. I always thought of Eisenhower as some kind of stumblebum, not that up on things, and this complete changed my outlook on him.

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He struck me as more a manager than a brilliant tactician. Ā Moreover, he wasn’t a great President and on top of that his failure to do anything to stop McCarthy, especially when McCarthy took on George C. Marshall was shameless. Ā 

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9 hours ago, Brad said:

He struck me as more a manager than a brilliant tactician. Ā Moreover, he wasn’t a great President and on top of that his failure to do anything to stop McCarthy, especially when McCarthy took on George C. Marshall was shameless. Ā 

To my mind, he's more than a manager. Can you imagine the pressure of Churchill and FDR watching your every move? Critiquing Ā them, and knowing you're sending men to death, no matter what your decision? Also dealing with the massive ego of political / military leader of different countries? You have to get it right, and for D-Day, Eisenhower did.Ā 

How he did as president is another matter...Ā 

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1 hour ago, Matthew said:

To my mind, he's more than a manager. Can you imagine the pressure of Churchill and FDR watching your every move? Critiquing Ā them, and knowing you're sending men to death, no matter what your decision? Also dealing with the massive ego of political / military leader of different countries? You have to get it right, and for D-Day, Eisenhower did.Ā 

How he did as president is another matter...Ā 

Well, that’s why he was an effective manager although you’re right he was a bit more than that. Ā However, he did have to manage and satisfy his bosses as well as the commanders under him, which were not just Americans but British. Andrew Roberts wrote a good book about this, called Masters and Commanders.Ā 

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