And the Oh, Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes legends histories and mysteries

podcast this is your host John Haggadorn today we have an interview with a very

very good author who we've talked to before. He's written a book called The Light of Battle.

Eisenhower, D-Day, and the birth of the American superpower. His name is Michelle Parody.

I'm going to share the inside flap of this book

with you listeners because it's so good

and it sets up this interview so well.

On June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower addressed the thousands of American troops preparing to invade Normandy, exhorting them to embrace the great crusade they faced.

Then, in a fleeting moment alone he drafted a resignation

letter in case the invasion failed. In the light of battle Michelle Parody, acclaimed author of Last Mission to Tokyo,

paints a vivid portrait of Dwight Eisenhower as he learns to navigate the cross-currents of

diplomacy, politics, strategy, family, and fame with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance. How true. In a world of giants, Churchill, Roosevelt, De Gaulle, Marshall, MacArthur.

It was a barefoot boy from Abilene, Kansas, who had master the art of power,

and become a modern day George Washington. And Michelle Parodyody what a fantastic book this is on

Eisenhower this is a subject I've been wanting to get to for a long time and you

wrote it thank you it's a fantastic book and it's a page turner.

Well, thank you so much and you're more than welcome.

What inspired you to write this book?

Um, honestly more than D-Day.

There are so many books about D-Day.

I'm not going to pretend to write a better one than, you know, the longest day or Max Hastings

overlord or the more recent ones by people like Alex Kirhaw or James Holland.

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