ABSTRACT
All overtures, from ordinary veterans to the President of the United States, came without any evidence of the General’s party preference. More than rhetoric, however, events had created a political category, so the suggestion that he was backed without regard to ideology has been greatly exaggerated. Also in 1943 the World War Tank Corps Association, headed by a former corporal in Dwight D. Eisenhower’s command at Camp Gettysburg adopted a resolution that, although lacking any knowledge of his political convictions, declared that Ike was fit for the Presidency because of his “leadership qualities.” There can be no doubt that the absence of direct political verbiage did little to dissuade those who liked Ike that they might not like Ike politically. The superficial alliance of the major powers, the attempted fulfillment of military roles while keeping watch on nationalistic political ends had required leadership at the very top command that was more political than military.
