Eisenhower's Secret War Season 1: Episode Guide & Ratings

Eisenhower's leadership during World War II leads many in both the Democratic and Republican parties to want him as a presidential candidate. He is eventually persuaded to run and seeks an end to the Korean War while also trying to keep America from sliding back in to isolationism as it did between World Wars I and II.

Eisenhower deals with the the growing Cold War with the Soviet Union as it further isolates Eastern Europe from the rest of the world and suppresses any ideas of independence. He tries to balance the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles along with surveillance aircraft and satellites to monitor their growth.