Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies in Europe during World War II. At the same time, he coordinated the joint military operations of the Anglo-American expeditionary forces and the Red Army, met with Soviet commanders, including Marshal Zhukov, and came to Moscow to negotiate with Stalin. Eisenhower talks about all this in his book, but the speech in it It is not only about military aspects - the author analyzes in detail the political situation in the world. In particular, he says that the United States and Russia, having emerged from World War II as the two most powerful powers on the globe, simply must find common ground in solving international problems, “for any continuation of the struggle between these two powers would nullify our a victory won at a great price.”