How powerful is integrity? Just ask minister-turned-statesman; Mike Huckabee. As lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1996; he was publicly cast between the ultimate rock and hard place when his boss; governor Jim Guy Tucker; refused to resign despite his felony convictions in the Whitewater scandal. Holding fast to the tenets of honor and faith; and his concern over what was best for the state’s people; Huckabee led the impeachment charge against his superior before a televised audience. That same day; Tucker resigned; and Huckabee would serve as governor of Arkansas until 2007; winning many national honors along the way.Character Makes a Difference is Mike Huckabee’s biographical account of how he handled that potentially major constitutional crisis and why he believes character is the key issue in everyone’s life; “in the work you do; the candidates you vote for; the people who look to you for leadership.â€
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well researched bookBy Jimmy Ray PurserVery interesting book on how office politics drove the different designs and agency on both sides of the world. For me; Ike's legacy is explored in ways I have not heard. There is really a lot to this book that makes it a worthwhile read for sure. I certainly recommend it to space junkies. It's more then just the Soviet position. It's well balanced to give you a real multi dimensional picture. For example; if he discusses Soviet interoffice reveals; he turns around and covers US ones as well. Pick it up or download it. You'll love it0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Joseph A. Tanner Jr.Good overview of the ""Designer"" and early Soviet space program1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating; but only half the story!By David C. CaslerThe book was published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launching of Sputnik. What makes it so particularly fascinating is that the author has dug deep into now-released Soviet records and can tell both sides of the story--the American and the Soviet. The author paints a picture that shows that the Americans deliberately kept Wernher von Braun and his 100 or so German cohorts locked away for five years or so without really letting them do anything; and thus the Americans were five years behind where they could have been. I'm not sure this is quite convincing; but if not; it's barely short of convincing. In the event; it was the failure of an American-led civilian group that allowed the Army and von Braun to launch the first American satellite. But the thing that kept me from rating this five stars is that the book stops with the launching of the American satellite. I would very much have liked to see the book continue until the launching of first the Soviet cosmonaut and second the American astronaut; since all the same players were involved. Is this book worth purchasing and reading? You bet! It's full of tidbits that haven't hit the public stage before. And it doesn't cannonize von Braun; either--painting him as clearly in cahoots with those who managed the slave labor to get the V2s in the air; and later turned the driving force behind the American space effort.
