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Hard Call

Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them

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Hard Call

By: John McCain, Mark Salter
Narrated by: John McCain, Daniel Hugh Kelly
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There is a point in everybody's life at which a tough decision will have to be made - a hard call. For inspiration and direction, we can look to the remarkable individuals in John McCain and Mark Salter's book, which dramatically describes the anatomy of a great decision, including:

  • Branch Rickey's decision to offer Jackie Robinson a contract to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the face of public opposition.
  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's decision to return to Liberia, after receiving an economics degree from Harvard University, to face the nightmare of a civil war, imprisonment, and the challenge of leadership.
  • General Fred Weyand's decision to redeploy 15 of his battalions, despite resistance from senior American military commanders in Vietnam.

Woven into these stories are McCain's own views on the process and art of decision-making, and stories about hard calls he's faced, and the ones we might all have to face in the future. Hard Call is an inspiring testament to grace under pressure by one of America's most admired political leaders.

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this was an inspiring book with wonderful facts on real life situations! The writing was perfect and the narration was superb! The narration couldn't have been any better and Daniel Hugh Kelly had the perfect tone and pitch for the subject matter! highly recommend!

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