Dwight Eisenhower found Joseph McCarthy's demagoguery reprehensible. As a military man he had been able to distance himself from petty political crusades in the name of the greater cause.

President Eisenhower's long-awaited "reply to McCarthy" delivered at his press conference yesterday was hopefully headlined by the evening papers as a denuciation of the Senator. This is wishful ...

McCarthy accused him of being part of a conspiracy against America. During his campaign to become president, the future president - Dwight D Eisenhower - chose not to defend Marshall in public ...

For it is abundantly clear by now that President Eisenhower has made up his mind either to reform McCarthy or destroy him as a political force. This was still doubtful as little as two months ago.

President Eisenhower and Nikita Krushchev. Courtesy: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library As the dust settled after the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as competing ...

While refusing to comment publicly on Brown v. Board of Education, Eisenhower made it clear that he would uphold the Constitution. Violent protests erupted in Tennessee and Texas as issues of ...

Eisenhower composed a hand-written press release. It read, in part, "Our landings have failed, and I have withdrawn the troops. The troops... did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do.

While refusing to comment publicly on Brown v. Board of Education, Eisenhower made it clear that he would uphold the Constitution. Violent protests erupted in Tennessee and Texas as issues of ...

President Eisenhower and Nikita Krushchev. Courtesy: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library As the dust settled after the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as competing ...