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Ambrose was a retired boyd professor of history at the university of new orleans and a contributing editor for. Eisenhower, a republican, took office as president following his victory over democrat adlai stevenson in the 1952 presidential election. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Eisenhower began at noon est on january 20, 1953, with his inauguration as the 34th president of the united states, and ended on january 20, 1961. Ambroses eisenhower soldier and president is just an out and out five star biography.
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