Dwight Eisenhower

Dwight Eisenhower served as Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, and as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. Whilst his presidency is often ranked highly among presidential experts, other scholars have pointed out Eisenhower’s mixed record on civil rights, his overthrowing of democratic governments abroad and his “tip-toeing” into Vietnam as reasons why his presidency might be deserving of greater scrutiny.

My guest and I discuss all this and more; she is Julia Azari, presidential scholar, author of Delivering the People’s Message, and podcaster at Politics in Question (which is great!). She tweets @julia_azari