02351ctm a2200409 a 4500 14743295 20250312110438.0 ta 160615s2006 nyu b 001 0deng d 2007270616 1402732821(Hbk) 9781402732829 (hardcover) 51995 (OCoLC)ocm69846195 NOG NOG SPP BAKER BUR OHI QBX VP@ BTCTA DLC lccopycat CT104 .A835 2006 153.8/3/0922 22 Axelrod, Alan, 1952- Profiles in audacity : [manuscript] : great decisions and how they were made / Alan Axelrod. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2006. x, 309 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. 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 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK lk50 2007-03-09 lk53 2007-03-12 to Dewey pv03 2007-03-26 copy 2 to BCCD 7 5489 5489 0 0 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 153.8309 Axe 2006 15453 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK