I bought this book because I had read "Iacocca" and enjoyed his plain language and both critical and positive comments about his experiences in the auto industry and his interactions with banks and the U.S. government agencies when he took over the Chrysler Corporation. He still uses the same plain language, but he focuses on primarily the political part of our society. He spends too little time analyzing the impact of non-leaders being CEOs and Congressional representaives and too much time criticizing various political decisions, both national and international. In many of these criticisms I feel he is biased and does not have all of the information one hould have before being critical. Further, he, like many people today, appears to be evaluating a political decision or action using only the short-term effects of those decisions and actions. Some decisions and actions may well seem ill conceived in the short run, but appear very wise when one looks at the results of those decisions and actions five, ten or twenty years later. In general, I enjoyed about the first half of the book, with some reservations about the generalizations he was making about polical issues, but quite honestly I became so turned off by his political biases that I did not finish the book.Read full review
Although written in 2007, this book is very relevant today especially in a presidential election year. Our lack of leadership has already taken us to a financial crisis and it could take us to a war larger than the ones we already have. "Much of the rest of the world doesn't hate us for our liberty but for our arrogance." Almost half of all eligible Americans don't bother to vote and the ones who do don't bother to be informed. Please read, it is excellent!
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Ok, so it's not "Iacocca", but still a good book to check out. Written right before the 2008 presidential elections, I believe Iacocca spent too much time bashing George W. Bush's presidency with snippy remarks. Staying true to form and maintaining a more objective stance would have added to the book, instead of taking away with the aforementioned snippy remarks. Some of the same stories that appeared in "Iacocca" also appear here. Some new and very interesting stories as well. Overall, a solid book that would make a good addition to any library.
This was read for a Book Club. I enjoyed it and have a lot of respect for Mr. Iacocca. It was easy to read and understand his views of what is going so wrong with this country under our present leadership and the greediness of corporations. It is no longer about the good of the country. I recomend it for anyone who is also disturbed about this country's current path.
Iacocca comes out fighting from the outset. Where you stand on politics is important, but after the second chapter, it seems nebulous at best. Iacocca makes you think about the issues facing our country today and you are able to see the issues through the eyes of an 80+ year old man, once highly revered as a popular and powerful CEO.
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