The answer was there is no plan. I blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. It was criminal, said the president. The truth was the United States and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. Two years later at the first summit meeting of the cold war era at geneva in 1955, the United States still did not know who was running the soviet union. They sent four leaders, one tall white man in a white suit with a white goatee who looked like Colonel Sanders from kentucky fried chicken, clearly, a figure head. The head of the red army, ikes ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. Eisenhower spent his son, john, to do some spying. Subdued and shaken, just whispered, things are not as they seem. President ize president eisenhower found out who was in charge on the fifth day of the conference. The big pier of the nuclear age was a surprise attack. P
[applause] what an honor and treat to be at the Eisenhower Institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. You know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhowers were amazing with me. John, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. Incredibly helpful and i could not have done this book without them. So thank you, susan. Six weeks after Dwight Eisenhower became president , stalin died. Paik caught together top advisers and officials in that, whats the plan . Is little bit like Colonel Sanders of kentucky fried chicken. Was clearly a figure. Ike was rooting for the general, the head of the red army was ikes ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. Eisenhower sent his son john out to do a little spying. John seidel up to him. Things are not as they seem. President eisenhower did not find out who was really in charge until the fifth day of the conference, when ike proposed what he called his opened sco
In recognition of her distinguished, extensive and inspiring contributions to higher learning as a faculty member, student adviser, researcher, administrator and trustee, the College will award Brenda Alston-Mills, Ph.D., 66 with an honorary Doctor of Laws, L.L.D., during the ceremony.