SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BRET BAIER! In this debut history from one of America s most influential political journalists, Bret Baier casts the three days between Dwight Eisenhower s prophetic "farewell address" on the evening of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy s inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the final mission of one of modern America s greatest leaders. As president, the former Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during World War II successfully guided the country out of war in Korea, through the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war with Russia, and into one of the greatest economic booms in world history. In this last address to the nation, Eisenhower looked to the future, warning Americans against the dangers of elevating partisanship above national interest, excessive government budgets (particularly deficit spending), the expansion of the military-industrial complex, and the creeping political power of special interests. Baier explores the many ways these visionary words continue to resonate today; he also explains how Ike embodied the qualities of political leadership that the country is urgently hungering for at the present. Seeking to prepare a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the forty-three-year-old Kennedy in the intervening time between the speech and the inauguration. Dwight Eisenhower left the public stage at the end of these three days in January 1961 having done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation "on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment." Despite their differences in party affiliation, President Kennedy would continue to seek his predecessor s advice and counsel during his time in office. Five decades later, Baier s Three Days in January illuminates how Eisenhower, an under-appreciated giant of U.S. history, still offers vital lessons for our own time.

Three Days in January - Signed / Autographed Copy

Bret Baier

William Morrow Company

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BRET BAIER! The #1 bestselling author of Three Days in January and Anchor of the #1 rated Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel reveals as never before President Ronald Reagan's battle to end the Cold War, framed around the historic, 3-day 1988 Moscow Summit. In his acclaimed #1 national bestseller Three Days in January, Bret Baier illuminated the extraordinary leadership of President Dwight Eisenhower at the dawn of the Cold War. Now in his highly anticipated new history, Three Days in Moscow, Baier explores the endgame of the Cold War and President Ronald Reagan's dramatic role in bringing down the Soviet Union and establishing the world order we live in today. On May 31, 1988, Reagan addressed a packed audience at Moscow State University with an extraordinary speech that capped his first visit to the Soviet capital. This fourth in a series of summits between Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, was the climactic breakthrough in their joint nuclear disarmament agreements. But it was far more than that. For Reagan, it was an opportunity to light a path for the Soviet people--toward freedom, human rights, and a future he told them they could embrace if they chose. It was the first time an American president gave a speech about human rights on Russian soil. Reagan had once called the Soviet Union an "evil empire." Now, saying that depiction was from "another time," he beckoned the Soviets to join him in a new vision. The success of the Moscow summit, which Reagan called "a grand historical moment," was captured in the eager faces of university students listening to the president of the United States deliver his transformational speech about the promise that awaited them. The importance of Reagan's Moscow speech was largely overlooked at the time, but the new world he spoke of was fast approaching; the following year, in November 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union began to disintegrate....

Three Days in Moscow - Signed/Autographed Copy

Three Days In Moscow

Catherine, Whitney

William Morrow

Three Days In Moscow: Ronald Reagan And The Fall Of The Soviet Empire (signed By Bret Baier!)

NY: Morrow

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Three Days at the Brink - Signed / Autographed Copy

Three Days At The Brik

Harpercollins

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HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing

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