John McCain (1936–2018)
Autor/a de Faith of My Fathers
Sobre l'autor
John Sidney McCain III was born in the Panama Canal Zone at Coco Solo Naval Air Station on August 29, 1936. In 1954, he entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He fought in the Vietnam War as a naval aviator and was a prisoner of war (POW) beginning on October 26, 1967. In March 1968, mostra'n més he was put into solitary confinement, where he would remain for two years. He was a POW for five and a half years before being released on March 14, 1973. He retired from the Navy as a Captain in 1981. He moved to Arizona and began a career in politics. He won two terms in the U. S. House of Representatives, from 1983 to 1987, followed by six terms in the U. S. Senate. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election. In 2015, he became chairman of the Armed Services Committee. He wrote numerous books with his aide Mark Salter including Worth the Fighting For; Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life; Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember; Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them; 13 Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War; Faith of My Fathers; and The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations. He died from brain cancer on August 25, 2018 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de John McCain
Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember (2005) 331 exemplars
The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations (2018) 302 exemplars
Barack Obama vs. John McCain - Side by Side Senate Voting Record for Easy Comparison (2008) 3 exemplars
Active Measures 2 exemplars
SUCCESS BUILT TO LAST 1 exemplars
Faith of our fathers 1 exemplars
Faith of My Fathers Worth the Fighting For Why Courage Matters (JOHN McCAIN LIBRARY - Limited Signed Edition, 3 Volume… (1999) 1 exemplars
Leader Born 1 exemplars
President Elect Barack Obama. Speech on Winning the General Election, Chicago, IL, Nov. 4, 2008 1 exemplars
Respecting the Geneva convention - Torture: Does it Make Us Safer? — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Obres associades
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2006) — Col·laborador — 1,082 exemplars
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Col·laborador — 380 exemplars
Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts (2006) — Pròleg — 230 exemplars
Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) — Col·laborador — 143 exemplars
Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War (2001) — Pròleg — 68 exemplars
Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever OK? A Human Rights Perspective (2005) — Col·laborador — 41 exemplars
Unfinished business : Afghanistan, the Middle East, and beyond : defusing the dangers that threaten America's security (2002) — Pròleg — 14 exemplars
Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines during World War II (2003) — Pròleg — 9 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- McCain, John Sidney, III
- Data de naixement
- 1936-08-29
- Data de defunció
- 2018-08-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Coco Solo Air Base, Panama Canal Zone
- Lloc de defunció
- Sedona, Arizona, USA
- Causa de la mort
- glioblastoma
- Llocs de residència
- Northern Virginia, USA
Cornville, Arizona, USA
Vietnam (prisoner of war) - Educació
- United States Naval Academy (BS|1958)
National War College (1973)
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, USA - Professions
- Naval officer (US Navy pilot ∙ 1958-1981 ∙ Vietnam War ∙ Captain)
U.S. Navy liaison to U.S. Senate (1977)
U.S. Congressman (Arizona ∙ 1983-1987 ∙ Republican)
U.S. Senator (Arizona ∙ 1987-2018 ∙ Republican) - Relacions
- McCain, Meghan (daughter)
McCain IV, John S. (son) - Organitzacions
- Republican Party
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate - Premis i honors
- Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
Prisoner of War Medal (mostra-les totes 9)
Profile in Courage Award (1999)
Eisenhower Leadership Prize (2005)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2022) - Agent
- Philippa Brophy
Membres
Ressenyes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 22
- També de
- 22
- Membres
- 2,617
- Popularitat
- #9,807
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 40
- ISBN
- 91
- Llengües
- 3
- Preferit
- 1
- Pedres de toc
- 29