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A 3 page paper that examines the successful campaign and U.S. Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower during the 1950s and explores the reasons behind its success and popularity. Discussed are Eisenhower's military career, his "I Like Ike" campaign, and the accomplishments he achieved while in the office of President. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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had yet to be born and American radio waves were dominated by the soft sounds of Perry Como and Patti Page. Television had just recently been introduced, and twilight
found Americans all across the nation huddled before the screen in awe, mesmerized by first run episodes of I Love Lucy and The Lone Ranger. It was an era
of relative peace and prosperity in America, and an era that embraced the slogan "I Like Ike" to the point where its familiarity was second only to the ever present
Burma Shave billboards. In 1952, the close of the Second World War was only eight years past, so its victories and heroes still shown brightly in the collective memory of
America. Given this fact, it is little wonder that America embraced the candidate the Republican Party chose to place in the 1952 Presidential Primaries. Dwight D. Eisenhower was
not only a West Point graduate and a Five-Star General, but was also the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces who had led the Normandy Invasion in 1944 (American Presidents
- Life Portraits http://www.americanpresidents.org/ presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=33). Immediately, America liked Ike. When the Republican convention had opened in July of 1952, popular opinion had indicated that Senator Robert A. Taft, a
much less "modern" Republican than Eisenhower, would win by a landslide (Edwards PG). Eisenhower proved to possess what has been called an "extraordinary personal appeal", however, and swept the
election, much to the surprise of Taft and his campaign supporters (PG). Hostilities began to arise between the defeated Republican faction and the victorious Republican faction, but Eisenhower convinced
Taft to help him in their shared Republican aim, a proposition to which he eventually agreed. Bob Taft became instrumental to Eisenhowers campaign from that point forward, and many
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