'As Carlo D'Este, America's foremost living historian of the Second World War shows in this new definitive biography, Ike's grin and cheery good nature were an invaluable morale-booster. Soldiers trusted and were fond of him, and it was no coincidence that when he successfully ran for president in 1952, the campaign slogan was simply 'I like Ike'. After reading this splendid book, you will too.' - Andrew Roberts MAIL ON SUNDAY (22/7/03) 'The author of a number of excellent campaign histories of the second world war, D'Este has written a splendid book.' - Hew Strachan THE SUNDAY TIMES (8/6/03) 'In a superbly paced narrative, based on outstanding research, D'Este, an accomplished military historian, provides the best account yet of Eisenhower's army career. The book is unlikely to be bettered... D'Este sensibly makes no attempt to engage in armchair theorising about military strategy. Instead he offers a detailed and meticulously researched chronology, which is always offset by a sensitively drawn portrait of Eisenhower's psychology and private life... splendid biography...' - Desmond King LITERARY REVIEW, June 2003 'Carlo D'Este, one of America's most acclaimed military historians, has written a biography of Eisenhower the soldier that paints him as a complex man. D'Este follows his life as far as Victory in Europe Day, and asserts his record as a soldier, but never makes the mistake of exaggerating his military talents ... this is a fascinating biography, as well as an outstanding military history of the European war.' - Simon Sebag Montefiore THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (24/5/03) '... any work by d'Este deserves deep respect. As a military historian, he is a class by himself. D'Este likes Ike as much as all the rest of us, but in his portrait the warts are given full significance. Eisenhower, he makes clear, had the defects of his qualities'. - Michael Howard TLS (24/7/03) 'While any competent author can turn out a readable biography of the flamboyant Patton, it takes skill to make Eisenhower interesting. Yet Carlo D'Este accomplishes the task with flair... In a calm measured way D'Este offers an absorbing portrait of a quiet man... This book is fascinating not because of exploding bombs and smouldering passions, but because of the perplexing subtleties it offers about a life often judged uninteresting.' - Gerard DeGroot (Prof Modern History, St Andrews) SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY (1 June 2003) 'Carlo D'Este has produced a masterpiece which captures the whole sweep of Eisenhower's life from boy to America's most successful general.' SCOTTISH LEGION NEWS (June/July 2003) 'This superb study traces the career of Dwight Eisenhower... Truly one of the great men of our time, and D'Este has captured the intensity and courage of his character brilliantly.' GOOD BOOK GUIDE
