Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (born in Denison, Texas, October 14, 1890 - died in Washington, DC, March 28, 1969 at age 78 years), or also known by the nickname "Ike", American soldier and politician. He was President of the United States into the 34th (1953-1961).
In World War II, he was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe with the rank of General of the Army. On January 3, 1959, he inaugurated the establishment of the state of Alaska as the 49th which is the largest in America. Eisenhower was the only president who never served in World War I and World War II.

Course of a career

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in Denison, the state of Texas, on October 14, 1890.
Before becoming the 34th U.S. president, Dwight Eisenhower has had an impressive career in the military hierarchy. He is very proficient in performing his duties as a member of staff, and he runs the task under the three Generals, including General Douglas MacArthur.
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Bay in Hawaii, in December 1940. Chief of Staff, U.S. Gen. George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower picked the Planning Section Chief of the War Department General Staff of the American War, and later became Assistant Chief of Staff. Shortly afterwards he was promoted to Major General.
In November 1942 as a Lieutenant General, Dwight Eisenhower led the Allied Forces landing in North Africa.
In 1944 he was appointed Supreme Commander of Allied Forces who invaded France. Raid that eventually resulted in German surrender on May 8, 1945.

The period of the Presidency


After the war, Dwight Eisenhower became successively Chief of Staff U.S. Army, President of Columbia University in New York, and the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces or NATO, in Paris. At that time, both Democrats and Republicans are willing to persuade him to stand as presidential candidates respectively. Eventually he was elected President with a lot of different sounds.
With talks under President Dwight Eisenhower's military forces trying to relieve the tension of the cold war. He, among others, succeeded in achieving a cessation of gunfire along the border of South Korea, and close a peace deal that made Austria a neutral country.
President Dwight Eisenhower, who twice in a row as president until 1960, mentions himself as a moderate.
He adhered to the free market system.
Oppose government control over the prices of goods and raises.
Prevent government involvement in the conflict between the workers and employers.
Encourage missile programs and to continue foreign aid.
In the beginning of his reign, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered school desegregation across America. To ensure that schools in the city of Little Rock in Arkansas abide by the decision to convene a federal court desegregation, President Dwight Eisenhower sent troops into the city. He also ordered desegregation run entirely in the American armed forces. He said:
"In the United States there should be no second class citizens"
President Dwight Eisenhower concentrated on maintaining world peace efforts;
He entered the program, prompting people to people so that ordinary people from all countries meet each other and talk to foster mutual understanding and friendship. This program arose from the program fraternal relations between American cities and towns of other states. Now more than 100 American cities have such relationships with cities around the world. The program is called the sister city <>.
President Eisenhower is pleased to witness the development of its program "atoms for peace." In that program, the U.S. uranium donate to developing countries for the sake of human welfare. In 1964, Indonesia received help as much as $ 350,000 as a contribution to the development of atomic reactor in Bandung.

After the Presidency
Before leaving the White House in January 1961, President Eisenhower suggested that American military forces continue to be maintained, but also warned that budget expenditures are very large and continuously for military purposes may be harmful way of life of the American people. In his parting words he prayed that all the nations of this world live together in peace, based upon mutual affection and mutual respect between fellow human beings. Eisenhower died of a heart attack on March 28, 1969 in Washington, DC. He is survived by his wife and a son who was then being served as American ambassador to Belgium.