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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Baier, Bret.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Baier, Bret.       by title:      Three days in Januar...       by call number:      LP 973.921 E36b     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

Three days in January : Dwight Eisenhower's final mission / Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney. by Baier, Bret. HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2017. Call #: LP 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:  9780062644138 (pbk.) 0062644130 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Dwight Eisenhower's final mission Edition:  1st HarperLuxe ed. [Large print] Description:  xxiii, 492 p. (large print), [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-492). Contents:  Prologue : the visit -- The measure of Ike -- Ike in command -- A nonpolitician in the political arena -- Ike's hidden card -- Farewell in black and white -- Intimacy and interdependence -- The hostile landscape -- Dust to dust -- The military-industrial complex -- An unknowable successor -- The day before -- The passage -- A spring day at Camp David -- The last word : 2017. 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 973.921 E36b Adult books Checked out Jul 19, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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