{"product_id":"three-days-in-january-dwight-eisenhowers-final-mission-9780062644138","title":"Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe blockbuster #1 national bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBret Baier, the Chief Political Anchor for Fox News Channel and the Anchor and Executive Editor of \u003cem\u003eSpecial Report with Bret Baier\u003c\/em\u003e, illuminates the extraordinary yet underappreciated presidency of Dwight Eisenhower by taking readers into Ike's last days in power.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Magnificently rendered. ... Destined to take its place as not only one of the masterworks on Eisenhower, but as one of the classics of presidential history. ... Impeccably researched, the book is nothing short of extraordinary. What a triumph \"--JAY WINIK, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eApril 1865\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e1944\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThree Days in January\u003c\/em\u003e, Bret Baier masterfully casts the period between Eisenhower's now-prophetic farewell address on the evening of January 17, 1961, and Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the closing act of one of modern America's greatest leaders--during which Eisenhower urgently sought to prepare both the country and the next president for the challenges ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose three days in January 1961, Baier shows, were the culmination of a lifetime of service that took Ike from rural Kansas to West Point, to the battlefields of World War II, and finally to the Oval Office. When he left the White House, Dwight Eisenhower had done more than perhaps any other modern American to set the nation, in his words, \"on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 17, Eisenhower spoke to the nation in one of the most remarkable farewell speeches in U.S. history. Ike 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. Seeking to ready a new generation for power, Eisenhower intensely advised the forty-three-year-old Kennedy before the inauguration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaier also reveals how Eisenhower's two terms changed America forever for the better, and demonstrates how today Ike offers us the model of principled leadership that polls say is so missing in politics. \u003cem\u003eThree Days in January \u003c\/em\u003eforever makes clear that Eisenhower, an often forgotten giant of U.S. history, still offers vital lessons for our own time and stands as a lasting example of political leadership at its most effective and honorable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaier, Bret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBret Baier\u003c\/strong\u003e is the chief political anchor for Fox News Channel and the anchor and executive editor of \u003cem\u003eSpecial Report with Bret Baier\u003c\/em\u003e. He previously served as Chief White House Correspondent for Fox News Channel and as the network's National Security Correspondent based at the Pentagon, reporting on military and national security affairs. A recipient of the National Press Foundation's Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, Baier is the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThree Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring Gamble to Win WWII\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThree Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThree Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSpecial Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love\u003c\/em\u003e. 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