Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Michael E. Haskew’s book, West Point 1915: Eisenhower, Bradley, and the Class the Stars Fell On.   On the afternoon of Sunday, December 7, 1941, Dwight Eisenhower was exhausted. The Louisiana Maneuvers had just been completed, and after returning to Fort Sam Houston, he settled down for … Continue reading Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Meteoric Rise from “Obscure Lieutenant Colonel” to Wartime Commander