Sublime

Lawrence

During his first year in Europe, Eisenhower traveled tirelessly from capital to capital assuring his listeners that the United States was their partner but that in the end Europe would have to be defended by Europeans.

to ensure that the president received the best assessments, we would include measures of effectiveness for every approved strategy. Assessments would go to the president periodically or when an event occurred that presented a new hazard or an opportunity. And we would scrutinize the assumptions on which the strategies were based and be prepared to

As more than one observer has written, Eisenhower’s handling of the Quemoy-Matsu crisis was a tour de force. It was one of the great victories of his career, and the key had been his coolness under pressure—his calculated use of ambiguity and deception. Eisenhower was comfortable wrestling with uncertainty.

None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism (Hirsh 2003).