Milton S. Eisenhower, Educational Statesman

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002) was the author of many books on American history, including Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West and Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945, as well as Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point, which was also published by Johns Hopkins. He was the founder of the National D-Day Museum, in New Orleans. Richard H. Immerman is the Edward J. Buthusiem Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow in History and the Marvin Wachman Director of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy at Temple University. He is the author and coauthor of many books on American history, including John Foster Dulles: Piety, Pragmatism, and Power in U.S. Foreign Policy and Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an Enduring Cold War Strategy.

• Preface1. "We'll All Help Push!": Return to Johns Hopkins2. "Opportunity Is All About You- Reach Out and Take It": Storybook Childhood in Abilene3. "I Would Lose All Nervousness": Kansas State, Ramsay Lodge, and Marriage4. "Love Life of the Bullfrog": Washington Bureaucrat5. "The Greatest Possible Speed Is Imperative": Washington Administrator6. "Our Concern Is with the Education of Men and Women Determined to Be Free": Return to Kansas State7. "Unsophisticated, Unspoiled, Eager to Learn": The Students at Kansas State8. "To Change the Character of the Institution": Penn State9. "Days of Tension and Hysteria": Deans, Faculty- and Civil Liberties at Penn State10. "How Much I Have Valued Your Counsel": A Brother in the White House11. "Milton Eisenhower Is Not a Loner": Helen's Death and the Decision to Leave Penn State12. "There Is Nothing Else Like It Anyplace": The Johns Hopkins University13. "The Whole Thing Is One Massive Personal Equation": Assistants and Faculty at Johns Hopkins14. "When the Light Is On": The Students at Johns Hopkins15. "Goddammit, If I Had Moved to Palm Springs, This Wouldn't Be Happening!": Retirement and Return16. "Democracy Contains the Seeds of Its Own Destruction": On the State of the Union17. "A Smile on His Face, a Twinkle in His Eyes, and a Forward-looking Attitude": In RetirementAppendix A: Inaugural Address, Kansas State College, September 20, 1943Appendix B: The Presidency: Can Anyone Do the Job?Appendix C: Eisenhower to Senator Charles McC. Mathias, October 12 and November 9, 1979Appendix D: Violent Crime: An OverviewAppendix E: Commencement Address, The Johns Hopkins University, June 13, 1967NotesSelected BibliographyIndex