From the #1 bestselling 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.
