Compare And Contrast Truman And Eisenhower

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Presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower had taken to different approaches to presidency. I mean Truman was a democrat and Eisenhower a republican so values are likely to differ anyways. Truman had wanted to follow in FDR's footsteps creating the fair deal and he seemed unprepared a lot and this lead people to question where his focus was. Truman's main goal was reconversion which is the transition from wartime to peacetime (680). Eisenhower had taken a more low key route and had no problem gaining a liking from the American people. Eisenhower's main priorities were to end the Korean War, be tougher against communism and he wanted to fight against government corruption (684). Another difference between the two men was that Truman wanted