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Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life

by: John McCain, Marshall Salter

: Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 179.6
EAN: 9780345513342
ISBN: 0345513347
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Sales Rank: 105910
Studio: Ballantine Books



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“Courage,” Winston Churchill explained, is “the first of human qualities . . . because it guarantees all the others.” As a naval officer, P.O.W., and one of America’s most admired political leaders, John McCain has seen countless acts of bravery and self-sacrifice. Now, in this inspiring meditation on courage, he shares his most cherished stories of ordinary individuals who have risked everything to defend the people and principles they hold most dear.

“We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear but the capacity for action despite our fears,” McCain reminds us, as a way of introducing the stories of figures both famous and obscure that he finds most compelling—from the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to Sgt. Roy Benavidez, who ignored his own well-being to rescue eight of his men from an ambush in the Vietnam jungle; from 1960s civil rights leader John Lewis, who wrote, “When I care about something, I’m prepared to take the long, hard road,” to Hannah Senesh, who, in protecting her comrades in the Hungarian resistance against Hitler’s SS, chose a martyr’s death over a despot’s mercy.

These are some of the examples McCain turns to for inspiration and offers to others to help them summon the resolve to be both good and great. He explains the value of courage in both everyday actions and extraordinary feats. We learn why moral principles and physical courage are often not distinct quantities but two sides of the same coin. Most of all, readers discover how sometimes simply setting the right example can be the ultimate act of courage.

Written by one of our most respected public figures, Why Courage Matters is that rare book with a message both timely and timeless. This is a work for anyone seeking to understand how the mystery and gift of courage can empower us and change our lives.


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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Courage, And Politics
"Why Courage Matters" is the thoughts of a hero on what courage is and how each of us can exhibit ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Read it and weep for your country
McCain's book is not original, but the technique is sound. The technique is to show good examples ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Surprising tidbits about McCain's colorful past!
I was hesitant at first to read a book that I thought might be critical of war hero John McCain. I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Courage to whip his supporters into patriotic frenzy
Like everyone else who talks about him, I have the greatest respect for what McCain did for his country ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Stories of, and a true definition of the first virtue- Courage
This book is surprising in at least two ways. I thought a book by war- hero on Courage John McCain would ... Read More

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