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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 nighttime of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy's inauguration on the afternoon of January 20 as the ultimate mission of 1 of modern America's greatest leaders. As leader, the former supreme commander of Allied pushes during World Warfare II successfully led the country out of warfare in Korea, through the apocalyptic threat of nuclear warfare with Russia, and into one of the greatest economic booms in world background. In this previous address to the nation, Eisenhower seemed to the near future, warning Americans resistant to the risks of elevating partisanship above countrywide interest, excessive federal government budgets (specifically deficit spending), the development of the military-industrial organic, and the creeping political ability of special hobbies. Baier explores the countless ways these visionary words continue steadily to resonate today; he also talks about how Ike embodied the features of political leadership that the country is urgently hungering for currently. Seeking to make a new generation for ability, Eisenhower intensely suggested the 43-year-old Kennedy in the intervening time taken between the talk and the inauguration. Dwight Eisenhower left the public stage by the end of the three days in January 1961 having done more than perhaps other modern American to set the nation "on our charted course toward everlasting peace and human being betterment". Despite their differences in get together affiliation, President Kennedy would continue steadily 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 underappreciated large of US background, still offers essential lessons for our own time.
