As Allied commander during World War II and later as president of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower gave America the strength of a great reputation, a fine character, and an abiding sense of mission. He also provided Americans the chance to live up to their best. Few presidents have ever given more. Here, from the eminent historian Kenneth S. Davis, is Eisenhower's remarkable story with recollections from the men who knew him best - Milton S. Eisenhower, Edgar Eisenhower, General Mark W. Clark, General Omar N. Bradley, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, Earl Atlee, Richard Nixon, Merriman Smith, and Sergei Khrushchev.