General David Petraeus had an affair with a younger woman? I’m shocked! He’s a disgrace to the memory of America’s great military leaders of the past. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, for example. Here’s Ike after signing Germany’s declaration of surrender.
Hey, who’s that younger woman in the background? Why, it’s Kay Summersby, Eisenhower’s personal driver and assistant, with an emphasis on the “personal.”
Mimi Beardsley Alford’s memoir of her relationship with J.F.K. is a good read.
Yup. In the old days, presidents and generals could fool around on their wives all they wanted and their inner circle would keep it mum from the world. The modern-day media just LOVES this stuff, and it seems nobody is immune.