then in your last book, you mentioned again eisenhauer stationed himself in positions way behind the front, unaware of what was going on at it day by day business. you also mention that eisenhower was not aware of montgomery's failure in the opening of the attempt to open supportive and dark, which was so important. >> all right, eisenhauer someone i've lived with every day very intimately for 15 years. my estimation is solely grown. he goes to the presidency basically by virtue of what he goes through the second world war. it's true he shows up in gibraltar, commanding his first command, having never heard a shot fired in anger. he never committed even a platoon in the first world war and now he is a theater commander. he's got the entire allied force in the mediterranean. eisenhower has a number of things going for it. he's learned as he goes as do most of this american commanders. he's had a very big rain. he's extremely articulate. churchill and us something about worth the point says the chief of the imperial general staff, i'm not sure i trust agent wrote whose this glib. so he