Reminiscences of John S. D. Eisenhower, 1972

Name: Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013 (Interviewee); Burg, Maclyn (Interviewer)
Title: Reminiscences of John S. D. Eisenhower, 1972
Abstract: Aide to President Eisenhower, 1956; Pentagon, 1957: Army Staff on Strategic Capabilities Plan and Joint Strategic Objectives Plan; decisions on weapons systems; opinions of President Eisenhower on: unification and centralization of armed services, size of ground forces, Navy's influence on White House, Pershing missile, first United States satellite, Berlin crises, U-2 affair; Presidential meetings with Lyndon Johnson, John Foster Dulles, Arthur Radford, Nikita Khrushchev, Charles DeGaulle, Konrad Adenauer and others, 1958-60; childhood reminiscences of grandparents' home
Collection Name: Eisenhower administration project
Subjects: Veterans; Diplomats--United States; Weapons systems; United States Politics and government 1953-1961; Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Format: oral histories
Genre: Interviews
Date: 1972
Physical Description: 147 pages

Note (Biographical): Army officer, diplomat
Note: Interviewed by Maclyn Burg on March 10, 1972
Note (Provenance): Eisenhower Presidential Library, Gift
Language: English
Library Location: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record: 13791476
Also In: Oral History Archives at Columbia; Time-Based Media; Time-Based Media
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-dtwy-6731
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.