“Eisenhower was a master of the 'hidden hand.' It's how he destroyed McCarthy.”— J.E. Smith, Dwight D. Eisenhower, amazon.comTagged: strategy, Leadership
“When Eisenhower entered the White House after his election, the chief usher gave him a sealed envelope. 'Never bring me a sealed envelope. That's what I have staff for.'”— J.E. Smith, Dwight D. Eisenhower, amazon.comTagged: strategy, Leadership
“No soldier could face danger or responsibility more calmly than he. These qualities are more rarely found than genius or physical courage.”— J.E. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant, amazon.comTagged: strategy, Leadership
“The hard decisions are not the ones you make in the heat of battle. Far hard to make are those involved in speaking your minds about some hare-brained scheme, which proposes to commit troops to action under conditions where failure is almost certain, and the only results will be the needless sacrifi…”— Gen. Matthew Ridgway, amazon.comTagged: Life
“Eisenhower made it look easy. Like he was always doing less work than he really was.”— Jean Edward Smith, amazon.comTagged: Life