02127cam a2200373 a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000270009502400300012203500230015204000620017504100080023704200140024505000230025908200170028210000280029924500830032726000490041030000270045950400670048650501440055352008150069765000150151265000180152765000300154565000200157565000220159565000190161765000260163685600910166214743295BJBSDDR20250226132259.0ta070222s2006    nyu      b    001 0deng d  a  2007270616  a1402732821 (hardcover)30a9781402732829 (hardcover)  a(OCoLC)ocm69846195  aNOGcNOGdSPPdBAKERdBURdOHIdQBXdVP@dBTCTAdDLCbeng  aeng  alccopycat14aCT 104bA969p 200600a153.8/3/09221 aAxelrod, Alan, d1952- 10aProfiles in audacity :bgreat decisions and how they were made /cAlan Axelrod  aNew York :bSterling Publishing Co.,cc2006.  ax, 309 pages ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 294-298) and index.0 aThe decision in crisis -- The decision to venture -- The decision of conscience -- The decision to risk everything -- The decision to hope.  aIn 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. 0aBiography. 4aBiografías  4aPersonajes vBiografías 0aMenvBiography. 0aWomenvBiography. 0aWorld history. 0aHistoryvMiscellanea.423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0709/2007270616-d.html