26 Results for : gaffe
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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 922min
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's entry into the war, Truman replied testily, "The military commander in the field will have charge of the use of the weapons, as he always has." This suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, fearless, and highly decorated commander of the American and UN forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. A correction quickly followed, but the damage was done; two visions for America's path forward were clearly in opposition, and one man would have to make way. Truman was one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Heir to a struggling economy, a ruined Europe, and increasing tension with the Soviet Union, on no issue was the path ahead clear and easy. General MacArthur, by contrast, was incredibly popular, as untouchable as any officer has ever been in America. The lessons he drew from World War II were absolute: appeasement leads to disaster, and a showdown with the Communists was inevitable - the sooner the better. In the nuclear era, when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third world war lurked menacingly close on the horizon. The contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin's blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur's forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, The General vs. the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Brick. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004791/bk_rand_004791_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mind the Gaffe
Mind the Gaffe - The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English: ab 6.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Le goof au cinema
Le goof au cinema - De la gaffe au faux raccord la quete de l'anomalie filmique: ab 19.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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The Campaign
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors' support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other, in this mud-slinging, back-stabbing, home-wrecking comedy.- Shop: odax
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Deadly Force: Mission Budapest
The latest social media stunt of knuckle-headed influencer/daredevil Zhao Feng (Talu Wang) landed him in the middle of a terrorist enclave-and got a very pointed dislike from malevolent mastermind Iron Fist (David Lee McInnis). The gaffe also got him recruited by covert operative Bruce (Milla Jovovich) for a ragtag squad tasked with ending Iron Fist's schemes. Offbeat action-comedy co-stars Sandrine Pinna, Xu Weizhou, Liu Meitong. AKA: "The Rookies."- Shop: odax
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