02321cam a2200421 a 4500 14743295 BJBSDDR 20250226132259.0 ta 070222s2006 nyu b 001 0deng d 2007270616 1402732821 (hardcover) 9781402732829 (hardcover) (OCoLC)ocm69846195 NOG NOG SPP BAKER BUR OHI QBX VP@ BTCTA DLC eng eng lccopycat CT 104 A969p 2006 153.8/3/0922 Axelrod, Alan, 1952- 30593 Profiles in audacity : great decisions and how they were made / Alan Axelrod New York : Sterling Publishing Co., c2006. x, 309 pages ; 24 cm. 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. Biography. Biografías 955 Personajes Biografías 957 Men Biography. Women Biography. World history. History Miscellanea. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0709/2007270616-d.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 29309 29309 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 0 CT 104 A969p 2006 00000069695 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK