Dwight D Eisenhower
USA, 1890-1969
Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, took office in 1953, while the Korean War languished in stalemate. A 1915 graduate of the US Military Academy, Eisenhower was a hero of World War II who commanded Allied forces in Western Europe. Eisenhower made the containment of communism one of his top priorities, and after observing the military stalemate during a visit to Korea in late 1952, he increased pressure on communist China to conclude an armistice, even considering the use of nuclear weapons if the Chinese refused