President Dwight Eisenhower's Criticism

President Dwight Eisenhower is probably one of the least understood and the most criticized American president. Eisenhower critics changed their negative view of his presidency years later when they understood Eisenhower’s principles and what he stood for. President Eisenhower’s military and political career emerges as critics and historians continued to evaluate his presidency. The major theme is the criticism of Eisenhower’s presidency and the revision of that criticism. These criticisms were base on foreign policy issues, social welfare legislation, and Eisenhower’s principles and philosophy that help him to remain neutral. The foreign affair was probably President Eisenhower’s administration most important goal. Eisenhower presidency coincided with Cold War era that saw heightened aggression from the Soviet Union and China. Eisenhower used his foreign policy to contain the communist powers such as Soviet Union, Cuba, and China that had managed to split the world into two spheres- Capitalists and Communist. Eisenhower staffed the State Department and foreign embassies with new men that he believed would enhance the foreign policy. He implemented the social welfare legislation that the Democratic governments initiated in 1930’s and

The journals and newspaper commentaries builds President Eisenhower’s history and analyze his presidency. Other source of information on Eisenhower presidency came from his personal essay published by Reader’s Digest, which rubbished critics of his presidency. Eisenhower used that essay to refute the widely held contemporary view that he conducted his presidency through staff decisions. Finally, the revised views published by critics and historians describe Eisenhower as a sophisticated politician, strong, companionate, imaginative, and successful