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Biografien historischer Persönlichkeiten aus den USA

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Autor: Candice Millard

Taschenbuch, 10.10.2006

Lessons From The Edge: A Memoir

Autor: Marie Yovanovitch

Gebundene Ausgabe, 15.03.2022

John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1755-1775 (LOA #213) (Library of America Adams Family Collection, Band 1)

Herausgeber: Gordon S. Wood
Autor: John Adams

Gebundene Ausgabe, 31.03.2011

Andrew Carnegie

Autor: David Nasaw

Taschenbuch, 31.07.2008

Jimmy Carter und das andere Amerika

Autor: Harald Kiczka

Buch, Broschiert, 18.02.2022

Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II

Autoren: Adam Makos, Marcus Brotherton

Taschenbuch, 07.01.2014

A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism

Autor: Edward H. Miller

Taschenbuch, 19.04.2023

Decision Points

George W. Bush

Taschenbuch

Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President George W. Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor's Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on September 11, in the hours after America's most devastating attack since Pearl Harbour; at the head of the table in the Situation Room in the moments before launching the war in Iraq; and behind the Oval Office desk for his historic and controversial decisions on the financial crisis, Hurricane Katrina, Afghanistan, Iran, and other issues that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century. President Bush writes honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments reforming education, treating H I V/ A I D S in Africa, and safeguarding the country amid chilling warnings of additional terrorist attacks. He also offers intimate new details on his decision to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his family. A groundbreaking new brand of memoir, Decision Points will captivate supporters, surprise critics, and change perspectives on one of the most consequential eras in American history - and the man at the centre of events.

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness

Joshua Wolf Shenk

Taschenbuch

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

Michael V. Hayden

Taschenbuch

American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
Broschiertes Buch
From the bestselling author of The Assault on Intelligence, an unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, demonstrating in a time of new threats that espionage and the search for facts are essential to our democracy For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. " Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National Security Agency, and it remained so when he ran C I A. In his view, many shortsighted and uninformed people are quick to criticize, and this book will give them much to chew on but little easy comfort; it is an unapologetic insider's look told from the perspective of the people who faced awesome responsibilities head on, in the moment. How did American intelligence respond to terrorism, a major war and the most sweeping technological revolution in the last 500 years? What was N S A before 9/11 and how did it change in its aftermath? Why did N S A begin the controversial terrorist surveillance program that included the acquisition of domestic phone records? What else was set in motion during this period that formed the backdrop for the infamous Snowden revelations in 2013? As Director of C I A in the last three years of the Bush administration, Hayden had to deal with the rendition, detention and interrogation program as bequeathed to him by his predecessors. He also had to ramp up the agency to support its role in the targeted killing program that began to dramatically increase in July 2008. This was a time of great crisis at C I A, and some agency veterans have credited Hayden with actually saving the agency. He himself won't go that far, but he freely acknowledges that C I A helped turn the American security establishment into the most effective killing. . .

Spotted Tail: Warrior and Statesman

Richmond L. Clow

Gebundene Ausgabe

The Spy Who Changed History: The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America's Top Secrets

Svetlana Lokhova

Taschenbuch

The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man

Luke Harding

Taschenbuch

The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
Broschiertes Buch
Alles begann mit einer E-Mail ohne Absender: " Ich bin ein hochrangiger Geheimdienstmitarbeiter . . . " Was folgte, war die spektakulärste Enthüllung von Staatsgeheimnissen der Geschichte, ermöglicht von einem außergewöhnlichen Mann. Die Affäre erfasste Regierungen in aller Welt, nicht zuletzt die von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, und führte zu schweren Belastungen in den internationalen Beziehungen.
Edward Snowden, ein junges Computergenie, das für die amerikanische National Security Agency ( N S A) arbeitete, alarmierte die Weltöffentlichkeit, dass der mächtige Geheimdienst neue Technologien nutzt, um praktisch den ganzen Planeten zu überwachen und die Privatsphäre eines jeden zu zerstören. " Beherrschung des Internets", nannten das seine N S A-Kollegen.
E D W A R D S N O W D E N. Geschichte einer Weltaffäre ist die erste umfassende Schilderung der Taten Snowdens - und der Arbeit der Journalisten, die dem Druck der amerikanischen und britischen Regierungen widerstanden und die größenwahnsinnigenÜberwachungsaktivitäten der N S A und ihres britischen Gegenstücks Government Communications Headquarters ( G C H Q) ans Licht brachten.
Snowdens Geschichte liest sich wie ein weltpolitischer Thriller: Seine Flucht führte ihn von Hawaii nach Hongkong und schließlich zur vorläufigen Endstation Moskau. Was veranlasste Snowden, sich zu opfern? Der " Guardian"-Journalist Luke Harding gibt in seinem Buch Antworten, die jeden Bürger des Internetzeitalters beunruhigen dürften.

The Lion's Pride: Theodore Roosevelt and His Family in Peace and War (Oxford University Press Paperback)

Edward J. Jr. Renehan

Taschenbuch

Geschichte der USA (Landergeschichten)

Volker Depkat

Taschenbuch

Broschiertes Buch
Der Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts sieht die U S A als einzige verbliebene Supermacht in einer durch Globalisierung und Fragmentierung immer unübersichtlicher werdenden Welt. Es ist dem Autor wichtig, die Geschichte der U S A als ein Gesamtphänomen sowohl in seinen kontinentalen als auch in seinen transatlantischen Bezügen darzustellen und dabei die Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur des Landes gleichermaßen zu berücksichtigen. Dabei richtet sich die Darstellung der Politikgeschichte an der Überlegung aus, dass die revolutionär begründeten U S A ein historisch neuartiges Experiment in Demokratie mit bis heute offenem Ausgang sind.
Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts sind die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika die einzig verbliebene Supermacht in einer zunehmend unübersichtlichen Welt. Das Buch behandelt die Etappen des Aufstiegs zur Weltmacht und fächert die faszinierend vielschichtige Geschichte der U S A entlang von thematischen Grundlinien auf. Am Anfang steht das Experiment in Sachen Demokratie, das revolutionär begründet und bis heute nicht abgeschlossen ist. Ebenso wenig geradlinig entwickeln sich die U S A zur Supermacht und zum Hegemon der Welt, ein Aufstieg, der im Zeichen des " Empires of Liberty" auch missionarische Züge aufweist. Wie aus der nordamerikanischen Kontaktzone unterschiedlichster Kulturen und Ethnien neue dezidiert amerikanische Wertideen und ein moderner konsumorientierter, technologiegesättigter Lebensstil, der " American Way of Life", hervorgingen, die keineswegs den bestehenden ethnisch-kulturellen Pluralismus der Gesellschaft einebneten, bildet einen weiteren Schwerpunkt der Darstellung. Über die Themenachsen Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur entfaltet der Band die Entwicklungslinien der Geschichte der U S A, die auf vielen Feldern für unsere moderne Welt wegweisend war und ist.

Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir

Daniel R. Day

Gebundene Ausgabe

A Memoir
Gebundenes Buch
" Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud. "-Ava Du Vernay, director of Selma, 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time. Decade after decade, Dapper Dan discovered creative ways to flourish in a country designed to privilege certain Americans over others. He witnessed, profited from, and despised the rise of two drug epidemics. He invented stunningly bold credit card frauds that took him around the world. He paid neighborhood kids to jog with him in an effort to keep them out of the drug game. And when he turned his attention to fashion, he did so with the energy and curiosity with which he approaches all things: learning how to treat fur himself when no one would sell finished fur coats to a Black man; finding the best dressed hustler in the neighborhood and converting him into a customer; staying open twenty-four hours a day for nine years straight to meet demand; and, finally, emerging as a world-famous designer whose looks went on to define an era, dressing cultural icons including Eric B. and Rakim, Salt-N-Pepa, Big Daddy Kane, Mike Tyson, Alpo Martinez, L L Cool J, Jam Master Jay, Diddy, Naomi Campbell, and Jay-Z. By turns playful, poignant, thrilling, and inspiring, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem is a high-stakes coming-of-age story spanning more than seventy years and set against. . .