Martha Laguardia-Kotite

Changing the Rules of Engagement

Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the Military

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Produktbeschreibung

Changing the Rules of Engagement documents the lives of American women who have shattered the glass ceiling and performed extraordinary feats while serving their country in the military.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books Inc
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9781640124264
• ISBN-10: 1640124268
• Artikelnr.: 60981782

Autorenporträt

Martha LaGuardia-Kotite’s bold leadership style empowered her to become one of the first women officers to serve aboard two Coast Guard cutters with all-male crews. Rising to the senior rank of captain in the U.S. Coast Guard, she served with distinction for twenty-nine years at sea and ashore. A TEDx and keynote speaker, empowerment enthusiast, and journalist with an MA from Harvard University, LaGuardia-Kotite is the author of the award-winning So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers Saving Lives, Defying Death and has written for numerous publications and newspapers, including the Boston Globe. Visit her website marthakotite.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Foreword by Rep. Jeff Miller
Prologue
1: Out of This World
2: Supersonic
3: From Sea to Shining Sea
4: Second Change at Life
5: "The Few, the Proud, the Women Marines"
6: Her Wings Broke the Glass Ceiling
7: First Female Four Star
8: Courage on the Front Lines
9: Rugged War Veteran, Glamorous Single Mom
10: From Colorado to Congress
11: In the Men's House: Class of 1980
12: Bringing Light to the Darkness of the Deep
Afterword
Index
About the Author