In the years after World War II, Dwight David Eisenhower was arguably the most popular man on the planet. His patriotism on the battlefield was matched only by his initial reluctance after the war  to become Commander-In-Chief. With enough persuasion General Eisenhower would become President Eisenhower, and face a brace of unknown Soviet leaders named Malenkov and Khrushchev. But no one was prepared for the anti-military, anti-war statements and policies from the man who’d fought so hard just a few years before.

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Part 6: We Like Ike

Joseph Stalin, the architect and instigator of the 42-year Cold War, has died five years into the conflict. Across the Atlantic, a new Republican President, who had worked closely with Uncle Joe during World War II, is a mere two months in office. As the knives come out for the succession fight inside the Kremlin, will a brief window of opportunity be enough to completely reset the conflict?

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