Ergebnis für "Duty" in Politik & Aktivismus

From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working...

In A Royal Duty, Paul Burrell reveals the truth about Princess Diana, as well as a faithful account of her thoughts. He was the favourite footman who formed a unique relationship with the Queen. He was the butler who the Princess of Wales called "my rock" and "the only man I can trust". He was accused of theft, then acquitted following the historic intervention of the monarch. He was the Princess' most intimate confidant.

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House. At War with Ourselves is the story of helping a disruptive President drive necessary shifts in U.S. foreign policy at a critical moment in history. McMaster...

الواجب: مذكرات روبرت غيتس" هو مذكّرات رجلٍ من صنّاع القرار في الإدارة الأميركية. عاصر غيتس ستة رؤساء أميركيين، وهو يتبوّأ مناصب حساسة عدة، قرّر أن يفتح صندوق أسرار وزارة الدفاع وملفّات السي. آي. إيه، فأحدثت مذكّراته زلزالاً في البيت الأبيض، ودفعت من فيه إلى تحضير ردودهم عليها. ثاقبٌ في رؤيته، ساعد بوش الابن على إنهاء حربه في العراق، وكان صوتاً منبّهاً لأوباما، سلط الضوء على شخصيات مهمة ومباحثاتٍ حيوية.

Churchill was far from transparent about his religious beliefs and never regularly attended church services as an adult, even considering himself “not a pillar of the church but a buttress”, in the sense that he supported it “from the outside”. But Gary Scott Smith assembles pieces of Churchill’s life and words to convey the profound sense of duty and destiny, partly inspired by his religious convictions, that undergirded his outlook.

THEIR DUTY IS SACRED. THEIR STANDARD IS PERFECTION. An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of “The Old Guard,” the revered U.S. Army unit whose mission is to honor our country’s...

One of our most acclaimed historians explores the decorated military service of one of America’s most intriguing politicians—the leading Democratic presidential candidate for 2004—and its profound effects on his career and life In Tour of Duty, Brinkley explores Senator John Kerry’s...

The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx. In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at...

Felipe II no fue el hombre frío y cerebral que transmite la historiografía tradicional. Por el contrario, fue un joven galante y un padre entrañable. Supo de amores prohibidos y de matrimonios por razón de estado. Por el recorrido de este audiolibro desfilan las cuatro esposas del monarca, María Manuela de Portugal, María Tudor, Isabel de Valois y Ana de Austria; amantes como Isabel de Osorio o Eufrasia Guzmán; sus hijas Catalina Micaela o Isabel Clara Eugenia y el gran interrogante: la princesa de Éboli.