From Exile to Washington (ePub)
A Memoir of Leadership in the Twentieth Century
(Sprache: Englisch)
"The former Treasury Secretary has shared his story in a memoir that is both an engrossing personal narrative and a thoughtful reflection on leadership" (Henry Kissinger, author of On China).
In a life that has spanned nearly nine decades and has taken...
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"The former Treasury Secretary has shared his story in a memoir that is both an engrossing personal narrative and a thoughtful reflection on leadership" (Henry Kissinger, author of On China).
In a life that has spanned nearly nine decades and has taken him around the world and back, W. Michael Blumenthal has borne witness to the world's convulsions and transformations during the twentieth century. Born in Germany between the two world wars, Blumenthal narrowly escaped the Nazi horror, when, in 1939, he and his family fled to Shanghai's chaotic Jewish ghetto, where they spent the entirety of the WWII. From these fraught and humble beginnings, Blumenthal would emerge a major leader in American business and politics.
In the second half of the century, Blumenthal headed two major American corporations-Bendix and Burroughs (later Unisys); served as a US trade ambassador in the State Department and the White House, advising John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; and served under Jimmy Carter as the secretary of the treasury. After his retirement from business and politics, he began an entirely new chapter in his career when he conceived and served as the director of Europe's largest Jewish museum-the Jewish Museum of Berlin. An essential autobiography by one of America's great political figures, From Exile to Washington is an engaging chronicle of the twentieth century's greatest upheavals, and a tribute to a lifetime of courage, leadership, and decisiveness.
"Blumenthal's astute understanding of history allows him to ably demonstrate the significance of good leadership." -Kirkus Reviews
"An astounding life, splendidly recorded." -Fritz Stern, author of Five Germanys I Have Known
In a life that has spanned nearly nine decades and has taken him around the world and back, W. Michael Blumenthal has borne witness to the world's convulsions and transformations during the twentieth century. Born in Germany between the two world wars, Blumenthal narrowly escaped the Nazi horror, when, in 1939, he and his family fled to Shanghai's chaotic Jewish ghetto, where they spent the entirety of the WWII. From these fraught and humble beginnings, Blumenthal would emerge a major leader in American business and politics.
In the second half of the century, Blumenthal headed two major American corporations-Bendix and Burroughs (later Unisys); served as a US trade ambassador in the State Department and the White House, advising John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; and served under Jimmy Carter as the secretary of the treasury. After his retirement from business and politics, he began an entirely new chapter in his career when he conceived and served as the director of Europe's largest Jewish museum-the Jewish Museum of Berlin. An essential autobiography by one of America's great political figures, From Exile to Washington is an engaging chronicle of the twentieth century's greatest upheavals, and a tribute to a lifetime of courage, leadership, and decisiveness.
"Blumenthal's astute understanding of history allows him to ably demonstrate the significance of good leadership." -Kirkus Reviews
"An astounding life, splendidly recorded." -Fritz Stern, author of Five Germanys I Have Known
Autoren-Porträt von W. Michael Blumenthal
W. Michael Blumenthal was the US Secretary of the Treasury in the Carter administration from 1977 to 1979. Born in Germany in 1926, he moved to the United States in 1947 and was educated at Berkeley and Princeton. He served as an ambassador and deputy special representative for trade negotiations under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and was chairman and chief executive officer of the Bendix and Burroughs (later Unisys) Corporations. He is currently the director of the Jewish Museum of Berlin, and is the author of The Invisible Wall: Germans and Jews. He splits his time between Princeton, New York, and Berlin.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: W. Michael Blumenthal
- 2019, 464 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Abrams Books
- ISBN-10: 1468312308
- ISBN-13: 9781468312300
- Erscheinungsdatum: 15.05.2019
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