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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Lee Iacocca
Scribner
April 2007
On Sale: April 17, 2007
192 pages
ISBN: 1416532471
EAN: 9781416532477
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Legendary auto executive Lee Iacocca
has a question for every American: Where have all the
leaders gone? The most widely recognized business
executive of all time asks the tough questions that
America's leaders must address: - What is each
of us giving back to our country?
- Do we truly love
democracy?
- ? Are we too fat and satisfied for our own
good?
- ? Why is America addicted to oil?
- Do we
really care about our children's futures?
- Who
will save the middle class?
A self-made man who
many
Americans once wished would run for president, Iacocca saved
the Chrysler Corporation from financial ruin, masterminded
the creation of the minivan, and oversaw the renovation of
Ellis Island. Since then he has created the Iacocca
Institute for leadership at Lehigh University and the
Iacocca Foundation, which funds research for a cure for
diabetes. Lee Iacocca believes that leaders are made in
times of crisis -- such as today. He has known more leaders
than almost anyone else -- among them nine U.S. presidents,
many heads of state, and the CEOs of the nation's top
corporations -- and is uniquely suited to share his wisdom,
knowledge, and wit about the leadership of America.
Author of the gigantic number one bestsellers
Iacocca: An Autobiography and Talking
Straight, Lee Iacocca famously doesn't mince words and
offers his no-nonsense, straight-up assessments of the
American politicians most likely to run for president in
2008, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain,
Rudy Giuliani, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Mitt Romney, and
John Edwards. Confessing that he has "flunked
retirement," Iacocca calls on citizens of all ages to vote,
get involved, and choose our leaders carefully. Along the
way, he shares stories about the prominent people he's met
and known, including the time he smoked cigars with Fidel
Castro, what Bob Hope told him about how to live a long
life, what Lady Sarah Ferguson said to him as they danced,
why Bill Clinton woke him up in Italy, what Robert McNamara
taught him about success, how Frank Sinatra sang for him
personally, and whom Pope John Paul II asked him to pray
for. We learn what he discussed with Warren Buffett,
DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche, Ronald Reagan, Senator
John Kerry, Congressman John Murtha, Prince Charles and
Camilla, former Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar, rapper Snoop
Dogg, financier Kirk Kerkorian, Ted Turner, Bob Dole, and
many more. Knowing that the times are urgent, the
iconic leader shares his lessons learned and issues a call
to action to summon Americans back to their roots of hard
work, common sense, integrity, generosity, and
optimism. Where have all the
leaders gone? Lee Iacocca has the
answer.
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