Three Days in Moscow

In Bret Baier’s uplifting Three Days in Moscow we learn of a critical new chapter in the Reagan triumph over totalitarianism, a place and time where a new vision of freedom for all people was born. An engaging story well told by a professional with insight and empathy.Bill Bennett, Secretary of Education, 1985-1988

Bret Baier has done it again. Three Days in Moscow is a remarkable story about one of the most monumental moments in contemporary world history. Grand in sweep, brilliantly crafted, and riveting, this extraordinary book is also masterfully researched. It will take its place as an instant classic, if not the finest book to date on Ronald Reagan himself! Bravo.Jay Winik, New York Times best-selling author of 1944 and April 1865

Drawing on newly-opened archives and his own revealing interviews with key figures of the time, Bret Baier deserves credit for this fascinating, thoughtful and highly readable account of Ronald Reagan’s towering contribution to his country — ending the Cold War without the firing of a shot, on terms that Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower could only have dreamt of. Three Days in Moscow should be read by everyone not old enough to have personally witnessed how this President, step by step, in public and in secret, closed down a half-century of dangerous confrontation — and by those whose memories of that crucial story are imperishable.Michael Beschloss, American Historian and author of nine books on the American Presidency

Bret Baier’s Three Days in Moscow is a riveting and lucid recounting of Ronald Reagan’s gallant Cold War diplomacy during his 1988 historic visit to the Soviet Union. Every page sparkles. Baier has a great gift for writing fine narrative history anchored around impressive academic research. This is one of the best and most essential books ever written about Reagan, the man Margaret Thatcher said won the Cold War without firing a single shot.Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and editor of The Reagan Diaries

Bret Baier’s enthralling “Three Days in Moscow” is a timely reminder at a time of resurgent U.S./Russian tensions of the historic role Ronald Reagan played in negotiating landmark nuclear agreements that helped end the Cold War. Baier recounts the personal diplomacy, overriding vision and steadiness of purpose Reagan brought to his summits with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in wonderful detail. Those three days at the Moscow Summit are a great foundation for his larger exploration of a defining chapter in U.S., and world history. Must reading for anyone following today’s politics, or interested in learning about the unique skills Reagan brought to the challenge of reducing the nuclear threat for all ages. “Three Days in Moscow” is also a primer for better understanding the cataclysmic changes that, from the Russian perspective, also helped shape the political consciousness of America’s current geopolitical rival: Vladimir Putin.Andrea Mitchell, NBC News

Bret Baier gives us a clear and lively picture of Ronald Reagan, the man and the president. Read Three Days in Moscow, enjoy, and learn why the Gipper was such a great leader.George P. Shultz, U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-1989

A remarkable book on many levels. Three Days in Moscow may make you see Ronald Reagan for the first time.Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary, 1987-1993

Bret Baier is not only among the most reliably honest and professional journalists in America, he is a brilliant historian and author. “Three days in Moscow” is a comprehensive and wonderfully written exposition of Ronald Reagan’s life-long mission to spread liberty and end the Soviet Union. Through his original research and essential interviews, Bret walks the reader through much of Reagan’s life. But it is Reagan’s final summit in Moscow to which Bret rightly draws our attention, for this is where Reagan delivered his historic and electrifying speech to the students of Moscow State University and drove the final nail in the coffin of the Soviet empire, thereby ending the Cold War. Reagan’s lessons must not be lost on present-day America, and thanks to Bret’s marvelous book, they won’t be.Mark R. Levin, Lawyer, author, and host of syndicated radio show The Mark Levin Show