TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - Profiles in audacity :great decisions and how they were made /
DA  - c2006.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Axelrod, Alan,
CN  - CT104
CN  - CT104
PB  - Sterling Pub. Co.,
PP  - New York :
PY  - c2006.
ID  - 320511
KW  - Biography.
KW  - Men
KW  - Women
KW  - World history.
KW  - History
SN  - 1402732821
SN  - 9781402732829
SN  - 0735202567
SN  - 9780735202566
TI  - Profiles in audacity :great decisions and how they were made /
LK  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0709/2007270616-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0709/2007270616-d.html
ER  -