He lifted himself from a wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees.
Jean Edward Smith...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés political
Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés emotions priorities pride self-discipline
Jealousy knows no logic, nor does it respect reciprocity.
Jean Edward SmithAuthor says that, while Eisenhower had other intellectual mentors, he learned how to lead men from Gen. Walter Krueger. Krueger was the first American enlisted man to rise to four-star general, and he so identified with those he led that he once invited a sentry out of the rain and gave him his own dry uniform.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés empathy servant-leadership
The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war lasted long enough to change sides twice.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés disloyalty doublecrossing
Ike was like a giant umbrella. He absorbed what was coming down from above, shielded his commanders from higher authority, and about them to fight the war without excessive second-guessing.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés leadership middle-management
Eisenhower and Patton, old friends and figures crucial to the Allies' upcoming success, conferred over yet another gaffe on Patton's part that could have cost him his command. Patton's head is on Ike's shoulder in gratitude, but the scene is rescued from being completely maudlin by Eisenhower's internal question as to whether Patton wears his ever-present helmet to bed.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés humor sarcasm comic-relief
As proof that HOW we see things matters, Gen. Montgomery took a preprepared text that had been deemed an innocuous complement to his American troops and delivered it in such a way that his condescension prompted more division than unity.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés attitude mannerisms nonverbal-communication
The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.
Jean Edward SmithMots clés marriage leadership intimacy
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