1956, Stevenson vs. Eisenhower: A Chance for Peace

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In the run up to the 1956 contest, Ike battles severe health issues, an intensifying Cold War and enemies in the Democratic party. But his greatest struggle during the campaign isn’t with Adlai Stevenson and the Democrats, it’s with his Secretary of State: John Foster Dulles. The conflict between these two political titans comes to a head in the middle of a contentious domestic election largely defined by foreign affairs.

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0:00.0	It's December 12, 1941 at a military base in Texas.
0:17.2	Days ago, the Japanese launched a surprise attack against Pearl Harbor.
0:21.5	In response, President Roosevelt declared war on Japan.
0:24.9	The soldiers at Fort Sam Houston are on high alert.
0:28.1	One of their officers, Brigadier General Dwight D. Eisenhower, is anxious to receive
0:32.0	his orders and hopefully get into the fight.
0:35.1	Hello?
0:36.1	Hello?
0:37.1	Is that you, Ike?
0:38.1	Yes, what can I do for you, Colonel?
0:40.1	Chief has a message for you.
0:42.0	The chief, or General George Marshall, is the Army Chief of Staff for the war department.
0:46.9	The man on the other end of the line is his right-hand man, Colonel Walter Smith.
0:51.0	Ike hopes that this is the phone call he's been waiting for.
0:53.8	And what's the message?
0:54.8	Chief says for you to hop on a plane.
0:57.2	Get up here right away.
0:58.8	Like size.
1:00.1	These are not the orders he was hoping to receive.
1:02.8	During World War I, Ike had frantically tried to see some action.
1:06.2	He all but begged his superiors, but the higher-ups at the war department shot him down.
1:10.4	In this new conflict, Ike desperately wants to be in command of troops on the front lines,
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