His history has become a part of America’s history. Dwight D. Eisenhower will live on in history as long as the world values its freedom fighters and great men. After researching and reading about David Dwight Eisenhower, I have learned a lot. I believe that Eisenhower was one of the greatest presidents we ever had. Eisenhower's greatest strength as a General was his ability to get all the other big leaders of the western allies to form a consensus.
General Douglas MacArthur, though egotistical and very controversial, was nevertheless one of the greatest military leaders in World War II and of all American history. General MacArthur cared for his men and believed proper and thorough planning saved lives and it did. When General MacArthur entered the Army he went to the Philippines and served under his father’s command. MacArthur had a lot to live up to; his father was a Medal of Honor recipient. America entered World War I and Douglas MacArthur went to France and was commander over
General Washington could be classified with multiple leadership styles including leadership by example, a transformational leader or even a servant leader. He is considered by many to be one of the most influential leaders of all time and certainly was one of our greatest presidents. Looking first at his leadership style of leading by example, he knew that he had to set the way for the people of the United States to follow for years after his presidency and establish a norm for how the country should be governed. He has high expectations of the young country, and it was said that he “…carried a vision into his presidency and sought to ensure a well-ordered government based on both laws and reason. He believed that through using reason and being open to various viewpoints, citizens could arrive at proper laws and policies to ensure peace, prosperity, and happiness for the country (McNeilly, 168).” Washington was intelligent enough to know the importance of a strong leader in the early years of this new country.
His involvement at West Point, the Korean War and his service during WW2 were major events that made MacArthur so popular and powerful. He also had many influences throughout his life that helped him become the exceptional General he was. MacArthur’s impressive
Beginning in the 1950s, maintaining a non-Communist South Vietnam became crucial in American efforts to contain communism. What was the nation's justification for its actions in South Vietnam in the 1950s and its determination to abide by the outcome of free elections there only if those elections yielded a non-Communist leader? For a long time the United States were in fear of the threat of communism stemming from a direct attack and the aspect of the Cold War, played a vital role in the fears. In the beginning the Vietnam War was first thought to be just another Cold War between northern and southern Vietnam. While the United States was nervous of Communism consuming the entire globe.
Having leadership skills is what makes a good leader a great leader. In the terms of Churchill his leadership skills were led by his charismatic resolutions lead to increased political focus that help lead him to war time peacemaking. In terms of being a good manager his ability to lead during a turmoil time brings his management skills to question. Having the ability to manage an entire country through the biggest world war and his ability to us his leadership skills in doing so was a
‘The Fog of War’ is an interview based documentary with Robert Strange McNamara, the legendary US secretary of Defense. He served in the military during World War II. During his time in the office as a Secretary of Defense he had successfully dealt with some of the most crucial and intense events in the history of America, Cuban Missile Crisis and The Vietnam War. The main focus of this documentary film was about his experience over this time period and how 11 of the tactics or strategies he followed to deal with such situations. By studying this 11 lessons that has been discussed in this documentary we can really make some major decisions in our daily life situations, if required.
In doing so, he went to Korea just after he was elected to see if he could see a solution in ending the war, but no solution was found. Later on in the spring U.S. officials had hinted to the Chinese government that the President might expand the war into China and even use nuclear weapons. “[T]hese veiled threats may have encouraged the Chinese to reach a settlement, yet there is also reliable evidence that the Soviet leaders who came to power after Stalin's death in March 1953 worried about U.S. escalation and pressed for an end to the war” (“American President A Reference Resource”, 5). Eisenhower went through great strategies to make sure his country was a safe and prosperous
was involved with. In the late 1960’s, Ted opposed the war his brother John had began against Vietnam. He made a trip to Vietnam in 1965 and returned to the U.S. in 1968 because he was shocked by the corruption of the South Vietnamese government. In 1973, he sponsored a successful resolution against any further spending on the war. His experience with Vietnam influenced his thinking on military intervention.
A few months after the Vienna Summit, Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev of the USSR sent a response letter to President John F. Kennedy. The contents of the September 1961 letter explained that while he (Khrushchev) understood and sympathized with Kennedy’s idea of a peaceful resolution to their current issues, he believed that a peaceful resolution would be impossible to achieve due to Kennedy’s own actions and words about Khrushchev and the U.S.S.R. Khrushchev mentioned in the seventh paragraph that he wrote a letter to Kennedy about a resolution to their conflicts. However, he then referenced Kennedy's statements on the matter in a way that indicated he intended to retort Kennedy's opinion on the matter and shift blame for the lack of progress. In his letter, Khrushchev states, "After that speech which, putting it bluntly, was belligerent in its nature, my letter would not have been understood by you since it completely differed in spirit, content, and tone of what you said.” The speech Khrushchev was referring to was Kennedy’s “Report to the Nation - Berlin Crisis, 25 July 1961” in which he explained that Khrushchev was making threats about his military power and defined West Berlin as an immediate threat to free men, stating that Khrushchev had seemed indifferent to reality of possible lives that could be lost. Khrushchev was obviously trying to play the role of the victim here in his response following Kennedy's speech to the nation about their meeting.