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Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero And Leader

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September 16, 2017
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Even though Dwight Eisenhower is the 11th President who has also held the office of general in the military, he is one of only five elected Presidents to be somewhat bald. Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States. He was elected in 1953 and served two terms until 1961. He ran as a Republican against Adlai Stevenson in both 1952 and 1956. Eisenhower won both the Electoral and popular vote by a large margin in both elections. Dwight’s running mate and Vice President Richard Nixon became the 37th President of the United States. Dwight Eisenhower is often seen as a great hero and leader …show more content…

The Korean War began in June of 1950 while President Truman was still in office. Essentially, North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to conquer them by military force. President Truman decided to combine our forces with that of the United Nations’ who were assisting South Korea. The Chinese attacked the United Nations Command and pushed troops back. This led to North Korea taking South Korea’s capital, Seoul. Months later the UNC took back Seoul. However President Truman pulled back our troops and tried to just keep the tension from not rising in the Koreas. President Eisenhower acted on a campaign pledge and went to South and North Korea in December of 1952 before inauguration and spoke with the commanders, troops and Korean leaders. Eisenhower decided to use diplomacy and the fear of the military to end all fighting. Nine months after Eisenhower visited Korea an armistice was signed, dismembering all organized operations and leaving the Korean peninsula divided. As a result, the Korean War ended and Eisenhower was seen as an even larger hero. His actions in Korea led to European influence on military defenses and he gained popularity among the people and leaders there. “The United States' actions in Korea demonstrated America's willingness to combat aggression, strengthened President Eisenhower's hand in Europe as he sought to organize European military …show more content…

Eisenhower, against all odds, kept America at peace during his 8-year tenure. This is extremely impressive because he was elected a decade after the beginning of the Cold War. This was a time of high military and government tension between the United States and Russia following WW2. Eisenhower kept a level head throughout every Cold War problem that arose. However this wasn’t the only occasion where he kept his cool for the betterment of America. In 1960, a U.S. spy plane was shot down while in Soviet airspace. The pilot, plane remains, and photographs of Soviet military bases were brought into the spotlight by the Soviets just two weeks before an east-west summit in Paris. This ruined America’s reputation as an honest nation. Many of Eisenhower’s supporters influenced him to drop a bomb on the Soviets and call it a done deal but while at the summit Eisenhower handled the situation as diplomatically as he could. Thus no act of aggression developed from either country. Another incident that tested Eisenhower’s calm and collected nature was the Formosa Resolution. The Formosa Resolution (now known as Taiwan) was a bill implemented by Congress in January 1955. This bill stated that if the nation of Formosa was attacked by the Republic Of China the United States would be there to defend them. President Eisenhower promised Formosa to protect territories in the West Pacific from the Republic of China. The

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