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- Title
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE: HIS MOTHER'S SON.
- Authors
Gilbert, Robert E.
- Abstract
This article examines Dwight D. Eisenhower's strong affinity for peace and aversion to unnecessary violence at key points during his adult life and particularly during his presidency. His mother, Ida Stover Eisenhower, played a vital role in shaping these important attitudes. Ida was among the most significant influences of Dwight's childhood. He saw her as a great woman and described conversations with her as being among his most memorable moments. Ida was an active pacifist who hated war and protested strongly against it. Although Dwight clearly did not accept the full extent of his mother's pacifism, he remained notably true to her teachings and was a force for humanism and peace as President of the United States and even earlier, to a degree, as a military leader serving in wartime. Other influences-'such as his profound battlefield experiences-'might well have been at play in strengthening his commitment to peace and hatred of war but his mother's formative teachings seem to have been central. This will be supported through references to the works of key scholars in various disciplines who have written about the connection between childhood upbringing and later adult behavior and through analysis of the voluminous primary and secondary materials that focus on Eisenhower's military and political careers.
- Subjects
EISENHOWER, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; EISENHOWER, Ida Elizabeth Stover, 1862-1946; UNITED States politics &; government; SOCIALIZATION; CHILDREN; DEMOCRACY
- Publication
White House Studies, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 2, p105
- ISSN
1535-4768
- Publication type
Article