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The Johns Hopkins University Press
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

Contents

volume 1 : introduction
Introduction I. SELECTION AND ANNOTATION This set of five volumes begins the publication of the papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. These papers, now being collected, collated, and indexed at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, promise to be one of the most significant collections of personal papers for the military and political history of the West during the mid-twentieth century. Not only do they say much about critical decisions in our recent history, but they also present unique insights into the operation of the large and complex modern enterprise—a form of organization that dominates so much of twentieth-century life and distinguishes this century from its predecessors. These papers provide valuable raw materials for historians, political scientists, sociologists, military analysts, and other students of our times. Since most of the significant papers in the collection have to this date carried security classifications, with the publication of these and subsequent sets of volumes their potential will be fully realized for the first time. Moreover, they represent the first compilation of significant Eisenhower documents, since the present collection at Abilene is still incomplete and many of the documents printed here are scattered throughout the country in other archives, both public and private. The papers General Eisenhower wrote after the outbreak of World War II have more value for scholars than his earlier ones. The only reason to locate and print those written or dictated before December, 1941, is that their author became the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during the war and was later elected President of the United States. Few students would be interested in the personality and training of a junior Army officer. On the other hand, the papers of the man who took charge of the War Plans Division of the Army's General Staff shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and then commanded the Allied forces in North Africa, the