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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 639 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that it would even end well. 1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler's waning power. Instead, it saved those democracies -- but with a fateful cost. 1944 witnessed a series of titanic events: FDR at the pinnacle of his wartime leadership as well as his reelection, the planning of Operation Overlord with Churchill and Stalin, the unprecedented D-Day invasion...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations ; 24cm
Language
English
Description
"Two months after the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in February 1898, Congress authorized President McKinley to recruit a volunteer army to drive the Spaniards from Cuba. From this army emerged the legendary "Rough Riders," a mounted regiment drawn from America|s western territories and led by the indomitable Theodore Roosevelt. Its ranks included not only cowboys and other westerners, but several Ivy Leaguers and clubmen, many of them...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"How Dwight D. Eisenhower led America through a transformational time-by a DC policy strategist, security expert and his granddaughter. Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, Ike was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
viii, 694 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall--America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington--whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World War II's "organizer of victory." Harry Truman said he was "the greatest military man that this country ever produced." Today, in our era of failed leadership, few lives...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to...
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Language
English
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Description
Explores the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower through the lens of his last three days in office in January 1961, revealing him to be a model of strong yet principled leadership.
January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power--a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War. Bret Baier, the Chief Political...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Call Sign Chaos is the account of Jim Mattis's storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East. Along the way, Mattis recounts his foundational experiences as a leader, extracting the lessons he has learned about the nature of warfighting and peacemaking, the importance of allies, and the strategic dilemmas -- and short-sighted thinking -- now facing our...
28) The commanders
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
398 p. : 28 ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and the deceit of Camelot. The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of...
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
v, 84 s. : ill.
Language
English
Description
"If the truth is what sets us free, what does it mean to live in a society where truth is absent? How do truth and lies in the past shape our destiny today? Through the lens of the Holocaust, Andy Andrews examines the critical need for truth in our relationships, our communities, and out government".
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2008, eight years after stepping down as Starbucks' CEO, Schultz returned to oversee the company's operations during a moment in history that left no company unscathed. "Onward" tells the remarkable story of Schultz's return and the company's ongoing transformation.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk offers a fresh, playful, and challenging way of rating presidents--by pitching historians' views and subsequent experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' own contemporaries.
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