A book written by a Grand Junction businessman and former college lecturer offers a guide to negotiation based on the tactics of President Dwight Eisenhower.

Lou Villaire, one of five partners who own Atlasta Solar Center, wrote “In Good Faith: The Strong Negotiation of President Eisenhower.” The book is available from Amazon.

Villaire helps readers improve the negotiating skills they use every day to get what they want from life — whether landing first jobs or advancing their careers.

Villaire wrote in the preface many books have been written about Eisenhower as a military and political leader, but his book examines through a series of stories what many of Eisenhower’s colleagues praised as his ability to negotiate and bring people together.

Villaire is a former lecturer at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, where he taught courses in government and public policy. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and environmental studies from Western Michigan University, master’s degree in environmental policy from the University of Illinois Chicago and doctoral degree in political science from Northern Illinois University.