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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
August 14, 2007

ISBN
  
978-0-446-58040-3

Authors
  
John McCain, Mark Salter

Preceded by
  
Character Is Destiny

Country
  
United States of America

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Subject
  
Political convictions

Pages
  
480

Originally published
  
14 August 2007

Page count
  
480

Publisher
  
Hachette Book Group


Media type
  
Print (Hardcover, Paperback)

Similar
  
John McCain books, Other books

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.

    • References

    Hard Call Wikipedia
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