NATO: Again, Ike

When General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower went to call on Secretary of State Dean Acheson one day last week, he wore mufti; among Washington's worried civilian functionaries he seemed no more confident, no less harried than the rest. After his talk with the Secretary of State, Eisenhower changed quickly into his working clothes—officers' pinks, Eisenhower jacket, and the five-star shoulder circlets of a General of the Army. For

Old Soldier Eisenhower—or perhaps it was for those who watched him—the change into uniform worked magic. Setting out on the biggest and most important...

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