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Baier, Bret.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1960-1999.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Messages.
Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Military-industrial complex -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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Baier, Bret.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1960-1999.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Messages.
Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Military-industrial complex -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
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Three
days
in
January
:
Dwight
Eisenhower
's
final
mission
/ Bret Baier ; with Catherine Whitney.
by
Baier, Bret.
William Morrow, [2017]
Call #:
973.921 E36b
Subjects
Eisenhower
,
Dwight
D. (
Dwight
David), 1890-1969.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1960-1999.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Messages.
Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Military-industrial complex -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
ISBN:
9780062569035 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Dwight
Eisenhower
's
final
mission
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xviii, 346 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-328) and index.
Contents:
Part one: The setting. The measure of Ike ; Ike in command ; A nonpolitician in the political arena ; Ike'
s
hidden card -- Part two: The speech. Farewell in black and white ; Intimacy and interdependence ; The hostile landscape ; Dust to dust ; The military-industrial complex -- Part
three
: The
final
mission
. An unknowable successor ; The day before ; The passage ; A spring day at Camp David.
Summary:
January
1961: President
Eisenhower
has
three
days
to secure the nation'
s
future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power - a
final
mission
by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War. Those
three
days
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,
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." On
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 43-year-old Kennedy before the inauguration. Author Brett Baier outlines how
Eisenhower
's two terms changed America forever for the better, perhaps even saving the world from destruction.
Eisenhower
had only reluctantly stepped into politics. As President, Ike successfully guided the country out of a dangerous war in Korea, peacefully through the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war with the Soviets, and into one of the greatest economic booms in world history. Five decades later,
Eisenhower
still offers vital lessons for our own time and stands as a lasting example of political leadership at its most effective and honorable.
Other authors:
Whitney, Catherine.
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