God in Eisenhower’s Life, Military Career, and Presidency

“Jerry Bergman's excellent book is on a very selected aspect of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s life, his religion. Bergman skillfully covers this facet of Eisenhower in fine detail, leading the reader to understand how a career military officer and United States president could ‘quote Scripture by the yard.’ Although not a stated intention of the author, many readers will also come to realize just how much American society has changed since the end of Eisenhower’s presidency.”


—Emerson T. McMullen, Professor of History, Georgia Southern University





“It is refreshing to read in Jerry Bergman's book how Dwight D. Eisenhower acknowledged his dependence upon God. Faced with difficult decisions during his career as commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces and, later, president of the United States, he relied upon the biblical principles taught to him by his parents. . . . Dr. Bergman clearly shows that it was these convictions that were crucial in making Dwight Eisenhower one of the outstanding leaders of the twentieth century.”


—David Herbert, author of Becoming God: Transhumanism and the Quest for Cybernetic Immortality (2014)





“I read Professor Bergman’s book with great interest because it threw much light on a subject I have always had interest in, President Eisenhower. While reading it I said to myself over and over ‘now I understand Ike’s motivations and why he behaved as he did.’ Bergman eloquently makes his case, which will force the rewriting of sections of books about Eisenhower as a man, as the supreme commander of the Allied Forces, and as president.”


—Professor William Lake, PhD