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Profiles in audacity : great decisions and how they were made / Alan Axelrod

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Sterling Publishing Co., c2006.Description: x, 309 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1402732821 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.8/3/0922
LOC classification:
  • CT 104 A969p 2006
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Contents:
The decision in crisis -- The decision to venture -- The decision of conscience -- The decision to risk everything -- The decision to hope.
Summary: In brief vignettes, historian Axelrod pinpoints and investigates the make-or-break event in the lives and careers of some of history's most significant figures. Axelrod reexamines history by answering the fascinating question of why the people who made history made their choices--and conveys the resonance of those choices today. The 46 profiles range from ancient times to the present day and include Cleopatra's decision to rescue Egypt; Washington's decision to cross the Delaware and win; Gandhi's decision to prevail against the British Empire without bloodshed; Truman's decision to drop the A-bomb and end WW II; Rosa Parks' decision to sit in for civil rights; Boris Yeltsin's decision to embrace a new world order; and Flight 93's decision to take a stand against terror.--From publisher description.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) CT 104 A969p 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000069695

Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-298) and index.

The decision in crisis -- The decision to venture -- The decision of conscience -- The decision to risk everything -- The decision to hope.

In brief vignettes, historian Axelrod pinpoints and investigates the make-or-break event in the lives and careers of some of history's most significant figures. Axelrod reexamines history by answering the fascinating question of why the people who made history made their choices--and conveys the resonance of those choices today. The 46 profiles range from ancient times to the present day and include Cleopatra's decision to rescue Egypt; Washington's decision to cross the Delaware and win; Gandhi's decision to prevail against the British Empire without bloodshed; Truman's decision to drop the A-bomb and end WW II; Rosa Parks' decision to sit in for civil rights; Boris Yeltsin's decision to embrace a new world order; and Flight 93's decision to take a stand against terror.--From publisher description.

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