At Ease: Stories I Tell To Friends

stories I tell to friends

Plot

"At Ease is a great compliment to Ike's Crusade in Europe. In At Ease, Ike describes his pre-WW2 years in the Army adding many colorful stories. [Listed as a favorite story was] ... the years George Patton and Ike spent in the 1920's researching the tank's future in war. Eisenhower had a interesting career as a mid-level officer including many assignments to football teams as a coach. Most interesting are his tales of his assignment in Panama, which were to have a significant affect on his career. Ike leaves most of his WW2 stories to be told in Crusade in Europe. In At Ease, he covers in depth his career after WW2 and the plans Maime and Ike had for life after the Army. This work goes right up until the key role Ike played in the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Orginization defense force. Although Ike doesn't say much about the Presidency, he describes many of the reasons why he would end up later accepting the nomination in 1952"--Amazon.com.