Essay Archive - Dwight David Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower
The taste of victory was fresh and sweet to John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Just about a year ago, he sat in the drawing room of his Georgetown home
and spoke breezily about the office he would assume. "Sure it's a big job,"
he said. "But I don't know anybody who can do it any better than I can. I'm
going to be in it for four years. It isn't going to be so bad. you've got
time to think -- and besides, the pay is pretty good."
One year later, on a cool, grey day, the 35th President of the United
States sat at his desk ....
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