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Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them is a book written by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Its theme is decision-making based on personal principles. The hardcover edition was released August 14, 2007, and the paperback edition was subsequently released on February 29, 2008. McCain outlines a six-part structure for "hard calls," with several detailed anecdotes illustrating each of the six parts:

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  • Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them is a book written by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Its theme is decision-making based on personal principles. The hardcover edition was released August 14, 2007, and the paperback edition was subsequently released on February 29, 2008. McCain outlines a six-part structure for "hard calls," with several detailed anecdotes illustrating each of the six parts: * Awareness: Jackie Robinson "intruding" into all-white baseball; and Wernher von Braun, the rocket scientist. * Foresight: Winston Churchill; Alexander Graham Bell; and Ronald Reagan when standing up to the Soviet Union. * Timing: Boeing's production of the commercial jet aircraft; Gillette's invention of the disposable razor; and Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin meeting for the peace process. * Confidence: Civil War General George B. McClellan; Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel; and the Apollo 11 astronauts. * Humility: The founding of Liberia; Harry Truman; and Gerald Ford's pardoning of Richard Nixon. * Inspiration: The white commander of America's first black regiment; Alexander Solzhenitsyn; and Abraham Lincoln. (en)
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  • 920 22
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  • 978-0-446-58040-3
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  • CT105 .M395 2007
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  • First edition (en)
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  • CT105 .M395 2007 (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • Hard Call (en)
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  • Political convictions (en)
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  • Hachette Book Group USA
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  • Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them is a book written by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Its theme is decision-making based on personal principles. The hardcover edition was released August 14, 2007, and the paperback edition was subsequently released on February 29, 2008. McCain outlines a six-part structure for "hard calls," with several detailed anecdotes illustrating each of the six parts: (en)
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