Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them is the fourth collaborative effort between Sen. John McCain and Mark Salter. The book highlights the tough decisions and choices made by individuals and the impact of those choices.
There are six main headings under which the book is categorized: Awareness, Foresight, Timing, Confidence, Humility and Inspiration. Under each heading, there are 3-4 essays on individuals who made a "hard call" that had a significant impact on themselves and the world around them.
Some of the best stories in the book include: the story of Branch Rickey and the racial integration of baseball; of Ronald Reagan negotiating terms with Mikhail Gorbachev; of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat's efforts toward peace in the Middle East; of Robert Gould Shaw, a white man who led an all-black Union regiment during the Civil War.
The individual chapter format is very reader friendly, as some chapters are better than others.
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