Three Days at the Brink
FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II
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From the number-one best-selling author of Three Days in Moscow and anchor of Fox News Channel’s Special Report with Bret Baier, a gripping history of the secret meeting that set the stage for victory in World War II - the now-forgotten 1943 Tehran Conference, where Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin plotted the war's endgame, including the D-Day invasion.
November 1943: World War II teetered in the balance. The Nazis controlled nearly all of the European continent. Japan dominated the Pacific. Allied successes at Sicily and Guadalcanal had gained modest ground but at an extraordinary cost. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets had already lost millions of lives.
That same month in Tehran, with the fate of the world in question, the "Big Three" - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin - secretly met for the first time to chart a strategy for defeating Hitler. Over three days, this trio - strange bedfellows united by their mutual responsibility as heads of the Allied powers - made essential decisions that would direct the final years of the war and its aftermath. Meanwhile, looming over the covert meeting was the possible threat of a Nazi assassination plot nicknamed "Operation Long Jump", heightening the already dramatic stakes.
Before they left Tehran, the three leaders agreed to open a second front in the West, spearheaded by an invasion of France at Normandy the following June. They also discussed what might come after the war, including dividing Germany and establishing the United Nations - plans that laid the groundwork for the postwar world order and the Cold War.
Bret Baier’s new epic history Three Days at the Brink centers on these crucial days in Tehran, the medieval Persian city on the edge of the desert. Baier makes clear the importance of Roosevelt, who stood apart as the sole leader of a democracy, recognizing him as the lead strategist for the globe’s future - the one man who could ultimately allow or deny the others their place in history. With new details found in rarely seen transcripts, oral histories, and declassified State Department and presidential documents from the FDR Library, Baier illuminates the complex character of Roosevelt, revealing a man who grew into his role and accepted the greatest calling of the last century.
Weaving a fresh narrative of FDR’s rise as a war president and his world-altering relationships with Churchill and Stalin during the decisive turning point in World War II, Baier has produced the biggest book yet in his acclaimed Three Days series.
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On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government and also of Britain - indeed, perhaps, the world. Troublesome Young Men is Lynne Olson's fascinating account of how a small group of rebellious Tory MPs defied the Chamberlain government's defeatist policies that aimed to appease Europe's tyrants and eventually forced the prime minister's resignation.
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Spectacular Narrative History Book
- By Nostromo on 11-30-18
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The Daughters of Yalta
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- By: Catherine Grace Katz
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
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Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.
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Engaging
- By Jean on 06-19-21
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How Ike Led
- The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions
- By: Susan Eisenhower
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne, Susan Eisenhower
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Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, he was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying on a core set of principles. These were informed by his heritage and upbringing, his strong character and his personal discipline, but he also avoided making himself the center of things. He tried to be the calmest man in the room, not the loudest.
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A President of the UNITED States
- By Happy Doc on 09-10-20
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Franklin and Winston
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- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II.
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Franklin and Winston Review
- By Ronald Hull on 01-29-04
By: Jon Meacham
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The Washington War
- FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II
- By: James Lacey
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The Washington War is the story of how the Second World War was fought and won in the capital’s halls of power - and how the United States, which in December 1941 had a nominal army and a decimated naval fleet, was able in only 30 months to fling huge forces onto the European continent and shortly thereafter shatter Imperial Japan’s Pacific strongholds. Three quarters of a century after the overwhelming defeat of the totalitarian Axis forces, the terrifying, razor-thin calculus on which so many critical decisions turned has been forgotten....
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interesting but tedious
- By Joey on 06-07-20
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FDR
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One of today's premier biographers, Jean Edward Smith, has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt's restless energy, fierce intellect, personal magnetism, and ability to project effortless grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his life. Smith recounts FDR's personal battles and also tackles head-on and in depth the numerous failures and miscues of Roosevelt's political career.
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Interesting but flawed
- By Mike From Mesa on 09-15-13
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On a wet afternoon in September 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepped off an airplane and announced that his visit to Hitler had averted the greatest crisis in recent memory. It was, he later assured the crowd in Downing Street, "peace for our time." Less than a year later, Germany invaded Poland and the Second World War began. Appeasement is a groundbreaking history of the disastrous years of indecision, failed diplomacy, and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe.
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I cannot tolerate the narrator
- By DrBCFR on 06-05-19
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Traitor to His Class
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- By: H. W. Brands
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A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the 20th century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years; his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfranchised; and his combination of political genius, firm leadership, and matchless diplomacy in saving democracy during the Great Depression and the American cause of freedom in World War II.
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Talented writer and narrator, but too biased/long
- By todd on 01-24-20
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Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
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In Chris Matthews’ extraordinary biography, we see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war.
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What Might Have Been?
- By Mel on 12-06-11
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Eight Days at Yalta
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In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of Yalta. Over eight days of bargaining, bombast, and intermittent bonhomie, they decided on the conduct of the final stages of the war against Germany, on how a defeated and occupied Germany should be governed, on the constitution of the nascent United Nations, and on spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Greece.
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The book has the best female voice narration.
- By Anonymous User on 10-05-24
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The Wise Men
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Six close friends shaped the role their country would play in the dangerous years following World War II. They were the original best and brightest, whose towering intellects, outsize personalities, and dramatic actions would bring order to the postwar chaos, and whose strong response to Soviet expansionism would leave a legacy that dominates American policy to this day. In April 1945, they converged to advise an untutored new president, Harry Truman.
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Dull with poor narration
- By KD6161 on 03-31-17
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- Paul
- 10-31-20
Pretty good
I give 4/5 starts overall. This is billed as a story about the three big powers coming together to end WWII, but that part doesn’t start until about chapter 6. The first half is a biography of Franklin Roosevelt, which I wasn’t interested in.
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- Travis Moore
- 02-18-20
Great book
Provides a lot of background. Most of the background is about FDR. Overall very good book.
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- Shalah Cozart
- 02-23-23
Great book!
This is the first book by Brett Baier that I have listened to. It was great! Well documented with interesting details.
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- Smalls
- 10-20-23
FDR meets Uncle Joe and Winston
Good description of the meetings of FDR, Churchill and Stalin toward the end of the war. With an added bonus of a bio of FDR.
This subject matter can be heavy but Bret Baier moves it along at a good pace. It's more a personal history than a discussion of the issues. It's worth a listen.
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- ScottG
- 11-18-19
A history lesson and SO much more
I love history and I especially love history books that make me realize how much I din't know about what I was sure I did. In this case, I thought I knew the story of the Tehran Conference where Stalin, Churchill and FDR met in 1943 to "plan" the new Western Front later called "D-Day". In reality, what I knew was a thumbnail sketch. My understanding of the event I now realize is akin to reading the Publishers Description of a book and claiming you read The Book. Bret Baier has a style of writing in this book that even the most ardent of history averse readers will get sucked into. Imagine a book in digital form where every new character introduced can be hoovered over and a separate booklet opens to provide background and context for that character or event. And yes there is the Wiki-whatever and online encyclopedia, but this follows a path, with a narrative, and you click or hoover over nothing. Sit back, let it unfold in your head and all questions you have (and many you didn't know you had) will be told in a story form. It is really the story of the 3 characters from their youth through their convergence in World War II as the only men that could save the world. The infighting and "butthurt" of Churchill, the Coy and Cleverness of FDR, and the constantly manipulative deceitful Stalin. Just such tremendous color to what many might think was a horrendously boring chapter of the war. But wait: There's more - So many events are succinctly explained in a color palette that compliments the main story - the independence and maybe distant Eleanor Roosevelt, D-Day, Ike, Deceptions for D-Day, Japan and the Pearl Harbor Attack... all the way through FDR's death and the beginning of the cold war. It all has a mention and in some cases, an amazingly accurate though brief lesson in this book.
Bret Baier also does a magnificent job reading his book and bringing the pages to life in your mind. Flawless in every respect. This is a book of scholarly dimensions. Great fast read (or listen).
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- Mark Mears
- 11-11-19
Very informative
Another good work by Bret Baier. Not so much new information, however the details are tied together to demonstrate their importance in the bigger picture.
The history of FDR and his relationship with the other world leaders is documented well in a manner that keeps your attention and teachers.
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- Rex Slavens
- 11-15-19
GREAT...JUST GREAT!
Thank you Bret for bringing this to us! The perfect mixture of personal details about these three leaders and how their personalities and relationship molded nations and the globe!
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- Stan Stinson
- 10-29-19
Learned a lot about history
l enjoyed the third book in the Three Days trilogy. I learned how much I did not know about FDR and how we got to D-Day and won WWII.
As with the other two books in the series this one was well researched, very interesting well read by the author .
I recommend you get your own copy today and begin your own journey. You will be glad you did.
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- Pat Norris
- 11-11-19
First Rate
This is the first time I have read anything by Bret Baier and I heard about it thru Mark Levin and his interview with Bret. Since I am a history buff I called and started reading on my Kindle the very same day. I listened and read almost every day. Not very many books are that way with me. This book was filled with so much information and written in such a way that you didn't want to stop reading. I learned a little more about Churchill and his way of thinking and his closeness to FDR. I wondered why FDR ran for a fourth time and this book confirmed it. Thanks for taking the time to research and inform us of one of the crucial times in our history and how we all survived it because of great leaders like Churchill and FDR.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-19
critical moment in history impacting us today
This was an incredible in depth review of one of the most defining moments in WWII that ripples through time to the current presidency. Brett Baier did a class act job in researching and presenting this history in an entertaining manner rather than being a dry textbook. This was my first read from Mr Baier and I will now absolutely be looking at his other works.
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