#18: Dwight D. Eisenhower and Charles de Gaulle
They knew each other from the war, two towering figures who helped defeat Nazi Germany. When President Dwight D. Eisenhower and French President Charles de Gaulle met in the late 1950s, it was a reunion of old soldiers who were now world leaders. Their handshakes were those of allies, but their relationship was complicated by de Gaulle’s vision of a strong, independent France. Their meetings were a constant negotiation, managing the Western alliance and a friendship that was forged in war but tested by the pressures of peace.
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