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Only a few copies left! Reduced due to minor damages. See photos. A limited hardcover edition of Eisenhower at War, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in history, is now available. Printing of this edition was limited to 1,100 copies, of which only 200 will include a numbered and signed certificate of authenticity by the author, David Eisenhower, grandson of President Eisenhower. This edition includes exciting additional features such as extensive maps, 80 black & white photos, a list of Principal Figures, a full Glossary, and Bibliography. Extended notes will be included, catalogued chapter by chapter. Excluding the 28 pg. index, all elements from the first edition are included in this new special edition that history enthusiasts will love. This book focuses on Eisenhower's conduct of the war with extensive documented analysis of the political ramifications of the course of the war and Eisenhower's decisions. he work is based on the meticulous reading of primary sources and amplified by the author's personal knowledge of his grandfather's conduct. The author's riveting account of the hinge of modern history is itself a major event by showing the decisive impact of Soviet strength on the outcome of the war and the strategic thinking of the Western leaders. The book profoundly recast our perceptions of World War II and its consequences. World War II is clearly one of the great military-political sequences in modern history casting a long shadow to the present, stretching far into the future; it has been told from the perspectives of virtually all the major participants. Their conflicting views are reflected in the more than 100 volumes cited by the author in his Select Bibliography, as well as in the oral histories, diaries, letters and other records he brings to bear.