An Eisenhower jacket, or "Ike" jacket, is a kind of military uniform blouse, or shortened coat, terminating in a waistband. Introduced by U.S. Army General and Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe Dwight David Eisenhower, his new design firstly appeared in 1943 as a modified edition of the U.S. Army's regulation service uniform coat, the idea based on the British Battle Dress coat which predated the American Ike Jacket by a number of years.
After World War II, jackets of this style became a suitable type of coat to wear when operating a vehicle and/or carrying a sidearm, which made variations of it trendy with civilian police agencies.
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