yet he never forgot where he came from, that's why his presidential library is in abilene kansas close to where i live. ike was not a professional politician is one of the most successful politicians in our history. ike didn't hesitate used supporters like secretary of state john foster dulles as lighting rod for controversial policy that were in fact ike's creation. eisenhower had a temper. a temper that exploded like a rocket. at tense moments required great decisions he was unfailingly cool, and delivering. this is a religious man but prayers at the beginning of his cabinet meetings. yet when the famous temper erupted, he could turn the air blue with profanity. and did so for equally. above all eisenhower saw himself not as a warrior, but as a peacemaker, and that's what this book is about. and tonight at a time when war and unrest in the middle east, it's fitting we reviewed together the most dangerous international price of the eisenhower presidency, that crisis was also in the middle east. this is a tale of nailbiting dramas. no, number one because of september 23, 1955, in denve