Discusses the life and career of John McCain, the Navy pilot, prisoner of war, and senator, and his 1999-2000 campaign for the presidency.
His parachute rigger, Petty Officer Tom Ott, who had been with Lieutenant Commander McCain since training, performed the last task in the sequence, wiping off McCain's flight helmet visor with a rag. He had just handed the helmet back ...
Learn all about John McCain and his life as politician who always tried to work across the aisle and to treat people fairly in this book about the maverick patriot.
Before he was a senator, John McCain fought in the Vietnam War and served in the House of Representatives. He ran for president of the United States in 2008. Get to know the maverick who was willing to speak his mind.
Describes the life and career of John McCain, from his early life and family to his military service in the Vietnam War, his tenure as a United States Senator, and his presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008.
Well, Senator McCain is an authentic, living American hero." So begins Robert Timberg's gripping and penetrating biography of Senator John McCain, the man who may someday be President of the United States.
This book has a strong focus on the crucial times when McCain took definitive action to move forward on the path to the highest levels of government leadership.
The book is divided into a series of interpretive essays that highlight themes of political interest throughout McCain's career, providing not only an investigation into a figure whose personal history caught the American imagination, but ...
A rebel and risk-taker from childhood, John McCain—son and grandson of admirals—nevertheless chose to follow the traditional path marked out for him in the military.
Highlights the life, military accomplishments, and political career of the Arizona senator and former prisoner of war who has twice run for the presidency of the United States, once in 2000 and again in 2008.
Powell, Colin, 151, 176, 177, 360 Powers, William, 230 Prof fin, Nicholas, 171 Pryor, David, 1 36 Pulizzi, Phil, 245 Push-poll ... William, 176, 264 Salmon, Matt, 318 Salter, Mark, 194, 198, 278, 324 Sanford, Mark, 23 3 San ford, Terry.