1956 DWIGHT IKE EISENHOWER Political LAPEL PIN Pinback BUTTON Badge PRESIDENT

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1956 DWIGHT IKE EISENHOWER Political LAPEL PIN Pinback BUTTON Badge PRESIDENT:
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Dwight October 14, 1890– March 28, 1969) was an American politician and general who served as the 34thPresident of the United Statesfrom 1953 until 1961. He was afive-star generalin theUnited States ArmyduringWorld War IIand served asSupreme Commanderof theAllied Forcesin Europe. He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa inOperation Torchin 1942–43 and the successfulinvasion of FranceandGermanyin 1944–45 from theWestern Front. In 1951, he became the firstSupreme Commander of NATO.[4]

Eisenhower was ofPennsylvania Dutchand a lesser amount ofIrishancestry,[5]and was raised in a large family in Kansas by parents with a strong religious background. He graduated fromWest Pointin 1915 and later marriedMamie Doudand had two sons. After World War II, Eisenhower served asArmy Chief of Staffunder PresidentHarry S. Trumanand then accepted the post of President atColumbia University.[6]

Eisenhower entered the1952 presidential raceas aRepublicanto counter the non-interventionism of SenatorRobert A. Taft, campaigning against \"communism, Korea and corruption.\" He won in a landslide, defeating Democratic candidateAdlai Stevensonand temporarily upending theNew Deal Coalition. Eisenhower was the first U.S. president to be constitutionally term-limited under the22nd Amendment.

Eisenhower\'s main goals in office were to keep pressure on theSoviet Unionand reduce federal deficits. In the first year of his presidency, he threatened the use of nuclear weapons in an effort to conclude theKorean War; hisNew Lookpolicy ofnuclear deterrenceprioritized inexpensivenuclear weaponswhile reducing funding for conventional military forces. He ordered coups inIranandGuatemala. Eisenhower gave major aid to helpFrance in Vietnam. He gave strong financial support to the new nation of South Vietnam. Congress agreed to his request in 1955 for theFormosa Resolution, which obliged the U.S. to militarily support the pro-Western Republic of China in Taiwan and continue the isolation of thePeople\'s Republic of China.

After the Soviet Union launchedthe world\'s first artificial satellitein 1957, Eisenhowerauthorizedthe establishment ofNASA, which led to thespace race. During theSuez Crisisof 1956, Eisenhower condemned the Israeli, British and French invasion of Egypt, and forced them to withdraw. He also condemned the Soviet invasion during theHungarian Revolution of 1956but took no action. In 1958, Eisenhower sent 15,000 U.S. troops to Lebanon to prevent the pro-Western government from falling to aNasser-inspired revolution. Near the end of his term, his efforts to set up a summit meeting with the Soviets collapsed because of theU-2 incident.[7]In his January 17, 1961farewell address to the nation, Eisenhower expressed his concerns about the dangers of massive military spending, particularly deficit spending and government contracts to private military manufacturers, and coined the term \"military–industrial complex\".[8]

On the domestic front, he covertly opposedJoseph McCarthyand contributed to the end of McCarthyism by openly invokingexecutive privilege. He otherwise left most political activity to his Vice President,Richard Nixon. Eisenhower was a moderateconservativewho continuedNew Dealagencies and expandedSocial Security. He also launched theInterstate Highway System, theDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA), the establishment of strong science education via theNational Defense Education Act, and encouraged peaceful use of nuclear power via amendments to theAtomic Energy Act.[9]

Eisenhower\'s two terms saw considerable economic prosperity except for a sharp recession in 1958–59. Voted Gallup\'s most admired man twelve times, he achieved widespread popular esteem both in and out of office.[10]Since the late 20th century, consensus among Western scholars has consistently held Eisenhower as one of thegreatest U.S. style=\"WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT: medium \'Times New Roman\'; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal\">

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