Dwight D. Eisenhower by Richard V. Damms | Audiobook

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Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial : https://esound.space/audible Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower Author: Richard V. Damms Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 35 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: History, American Summary: Dwight D. Eisenhower earned public acclaim during World War II as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. The first Republican since Herbert Hoover to occupy the White House, Ike planned to hold the line against further expansion of federal powers. He worked assiduously to avoid being dragged into the school desegregation issue, believing in a gradualist approach to eliminating racial discrimination. Eisenhower helped steer the Supreme Court toward a middle-ground with all deliberate speed approach in Brown v. Board of Education II and hoped to allow states and local communities to work out the desegregation issue themselves. When the governor of Arkansas refused to allow black children to attend public school in Little Rock, however, Eisenhower was forced to send in National Guard troops to restore order. In the end, Eisenhowers commitment to gradualism, albeit well-intentioned, allowed those dedicated to preserving segregation to advance their agenda, ushering in the period of violence and civil rights protests that would plague the nation in the 1960s. Contact: [email protected]