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 enlarge | Authors: John Mccain, Mark Salter
Publisher: Random House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  236 reviews
Sales Rank: 214989
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 1400067928
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.90922
EAN: 9781400067923
ASIN: 1400067928
Publication Date: March 3, 2008
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 Read this to get to know the character of our next President!! September 6, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Don't let this election be about style over substance. The country has a once in a lifetime chance to elect a true patriot & American hero to our highest office.
The courage and valor of this man comes through loud and clear as you gain an understanding of his lineage, and the sacrifice to country made by three generations of McCain's.
A must-read for anyone following this year's election!!
Service to your country. September 3, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was impressed with John McCain's life, and his service to our country. His life is a shinning example of courage and honor. My life by contrast is more self serving. It was something for me to think about while reading this book.
McCain's father and grandfather were in the military and were role models for him. John's mother, who is still alive is also a role model for him as well. I believe John gets his social skills from his mom, who can be quite charming. McCain makes friends easily.
I enjoyed his sense of humor and his willingness to admit his mistakes.
The time he spent as a POW was suspenseful. It was gut wrenching to read about torture and the inhumane conditions in prison. The small acts of kindness between the other POW's were touching.
It was interesting to learn about Vietnam from Senator McCain. For instance the federal government and the military had different viewpoints on how to fight this war. McCain explains briefly how President Johnson, and how President Nixon handled the war.McCain's father helped led the war effort in Asian, so McCain has some in side information.
The book was well written. I was disappointed that it ended so abruptly.
He came home from Vietnam when he was thirty eight, but didn't write about his adjustment to civilian life or his time in the senate. I wonder if this book was written after he decided to run for president? The first edition was published in 1999.
Perhaps John McCain will write another book, and hopefully I can find ways to be more of service to others. I would love to read a book about his presidency.
Story of a family of true American patriots September 2, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am not 100% behind McCain's politics. I think he is a great American but a terrible Republican. Though I admit, his character amazes me. He has suffered so much and has done a lot for the United States. His father and grand fathers have done a lot for the country and haven't asked for much. I am amazed. This book is also a lot about American military since Sen McCain comes from a remarkable family with a long history of military involvement. When I think of his daily beatings at the hands of N. Vietnamese, it makes me support him more than ever. He's a true hero while his opponent is a zero. Put a Liberal in Hanoi Hilton for 48 hours and see how they would act. I am not sure if a Leftie could endure as much as a purpose driven, faithful and strong Conservative like McCain did. I salute Senator McCain and wish him success in this campaign. This book is highly recommended to every one especially young people.
Heroism at its best August 17, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was moved to tears while reading this book. This is a man that loved his country so much he suffered many years of physical, medical, and psychological torture at the hands of the enemy, even when they asked him if he wanted to be released. He put his fellow POW's first as well as his country. Certainly a better fit for commander-in-chief than any other candidate. Slow moving at first, but interesting just the same. He is a genuine patriot!!!!
 THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND August 17, 2008
10 out of 46 found this review helpful
McCain is one of these people who links warmongering to religion. Like some kind of high priest, he wants to "sacrifice" Americans at the black altar of a warped patriotism. McCain recounts how his father oversaw the U.S. Pacific Command during the Vietnam war, supposedly fought to stop the domino effect of communism in the east. Yet in his campaign, McCain maintains that "the Cold War was won without firing a shot." Tell that to the millions of dead Vietnamese. Tell that to the 700,000 people slaughtered in Indonesia in 1965 at the hands of the U.S.-backed, anti-Soviet dictator Suharto. Tell that to the dead in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, and the long list of "third world" countries that the two empires used as proxy war zones. The faith of McCain's fathers was a dark faith full of deception, mass murder, and hypocrisy. Witness Walter Bedell Smith writing to Dwight D. Eisenhower, confessing the nation's fundamental duplicity at the end of WWII: "The difficulty under which we labor is that in spite of our announced position, we really do not want nor intend to accept German unification" (December 10, 1947). Here's another faithful patriot confessing the deepest guilt imaginable: "the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender...In being the first to use it, we adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages...Wars should not be won by destroying women and children (Admiral William D. Leahy, "I Was There: The Personal Story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman," p. 441. Aside from having been chief of staff to both presidents, Leahy, a five star admiral, presided over the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combined American-British Chiefs of Staff). President Dwight D. Eisenhower himself confessed America's secret guilt: "Japan was already defeated. Dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary..I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of 'face'" (Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Mandate for Change," pp.312-13). Of course, even if we discount all the newly revealed evidence (as compiled by, e.g., Carolyn Eisenberg and Gar Alperovitz) and retain the standard, politically correct version, it remains a martial abomination to destroy noncombatants (women, children, infants, and the elderly) -- indeed, in the tens of thousands -- for the sake of saving combatants. In either case, to hide behind the word "faith" is an insult to all that is fair and just. As for authorship, it looks like the old man did the talking, Mr. Salter the writing.
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