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...President also went out of his way to consult with Republican Dwight Eisenhower-sometimes a sign that a crash landing is in prospect. Hearing that Ike was in Washington for a routine physical examination, Johnson invited the old soldier to the White House for a two-hour talk, followed by lunch...
...week he said: "There has been no change in the position of this country in regard to our desire or our determination to help the people of Viet Nam preserve their freedom. Our basic commitment to Viet Nam was made in a statement ten years ago by our President Dwight Eisenhower, to the general effect that we would help the people of Viet Nam help themselves...
...makeup of the delegation set off a round of speculation. There was comment that the President could and should have made a gracious gesture by naming former President Dwight Eisenhower as one of the U.S. representatives; instead, Ike flew as a private citizen to pay his last respects to his old wartime comrade...
...packed with heads of state and government, with famous men and old colleagues of Churchill's. They came in powdered wigs and capes and frocks of office, in morning clothes sprayed with medals and sashes, set off by black ties and armbands. Here sat Charles de Gaulle and Dwight D. Eisenhower, Queen Juliana of The Netherlands and the Kings of Norway, Greece and Denmark. One hundred and thirteen na tions had been invited to send representatives to the funeral. Only one-Red China-refused. Unwatched and unheralded, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip drove to St. Paul...
...working and traveling through the land, and has written some of the most perceptive books about the Republic (The American Character, Government of the People) by any British author since Lord Bryce. In this discursive, diverting collection of essays, Brogan discusses the Civil War, Henry Adams, Teddy Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower. He is surprisingly tolerant of such institutions as the freeway, perhaps overgenerous in ascribing to U.S. foreign policy a kind of global Good Samaritanism. But Brogan also avuncularly warns that from Africa to Asia, "very imperfect solutions are all that can be hoped for, and the pursuit of perfection...