The Eisenhower Method

Once and Future Policy Planning: Solarium for Today
By Tyler Nottberg
Former Institute Program Manager Tyler Nottberg argues that the value of Project Solarium still has relevance for today.

Presentation of Dr. Raymond Saulnier, Former Head of the Council of Economic Advisors
By Josh Kolchins
President Eisenhower applied the astute organizational abilities honed throughout his extensive military career to forging a strategic, tactical approach to fighting recessionary tendencies during his administration, stated Dr. Raymond J. Saulnier at an October 11, 2001 Eisenhower Institute luncheon discussion. This was the main theme of Dr. Saulnier's presentation on President Eisenhower's efforts to combat recession and their relevance to the current economic situation.

Effective National Security Advising: Recovering the Eisenhower Legacy (PDF-49K)
By Fred Greenstein and Richard H. Immerman
During his time in the White House, Eisenhower was beloved by the American people, but widely perceived by political cognoscenti to have been a mere presidential figurehead. We now know, however, that the former supreme commander was an astute and informed political leader who advanced his purposes by playing down the political side of his leadership and playing up his role as a head of state whose public appeal transcended partisan divisions.

Eisenhower and the Red Menace (PDF-79K)
By Michael J. Birkner
On March 4, 1954, the editorial cartoonist Herbert Block took on one of the most controversial issues of the time in his daily offering in the Washington Post. He featured two of the dramatis personae of the day: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, war hero-turned-chief executive, and Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, then at the height of his crusade against "communists in government."