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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Quindlen

General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence

General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence - John S.D. Eisenhower General Ike: A Personal Reminiscence is written by an author too personally involved in the subject to give it its unbiased due. This spotty biography, focused mostly on Eisenhower's military service, was written by his son, who was at his side much of the time. This means that the reader gets some good insider insight. It also means the reader is only told what General Ike's son wants the public to know about his beloved father, so that insider insight tends to be pretty rosy. Not a lot of criticism going on here. But it's decently written, has plenty of entertaining tales about the world's movers-and-shakers of the day, and overall provides a good, basic sketch of Eisenhower.