'Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot,' said Margaret Thatcher of one of the most singular accomplishments in contemporary history, analyzed in this highly readable, perceptive and deeply researched study by Bret Baier, chief political news anchor for Fox News. Mr. Baier’s focus is on the three days of President Reagan’s fourth and final summit with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, culminating in what he called his 'final act,' the high point of which would be a speech at Moscow State University ... The speech, given with a giant statue of a grim Lenin looming in the background — a splendid juxtaposition of the two systems personified by speaker and censorious onlooker — given to a full house of students from the Soviet Union’s most prestigious university, as well as officials and apparatchiks, was a celebration of democracy, freedom and human rights.
Lest there be anyone on the fence about Reagan’s legacy as a leader and communicator...all doubts are removed ... Three Days in Moscow is a smooth, informative, and persuasive piece of history writing.
