Political Leaders & Leadership

Its midnight and there are fists pounding on the door. Authoritative voices shouting, Were coming in! Get on the floor! A few terrorized minutes la...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insiders perspective on the life and influence of Yitzhak Rabin, Israels first native-born prime mini...

As the notoriously reluctant author of the Bill of Rights, James Madison has had a profound influence on the American government and legal system. ...

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insightful study of the inner life of David Ben-Gurion, the Zionist leader responsible for the creati...

Evo Morales is one of the world's most controversial political leaders. His story is extraordinary: poor shepherd-boy, persecuted coca grower, self...

Frederick Douglass called the martyred president emphatically the black man's president as well as the first who rose above the prejudice of his ti...

An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies. When he was deposed in Egypt in 19...

With exclusive access to the Haughey archives, Gary Murphy presents a reassessment of Charles Haugheys life and legacy.   Saint or sinner? He was...

Politics Home: Parliamentarians' Top Books for Christmas 2021'A must read for political geeks' - Saqib BhattiThere was a huge upsurge of global int...

From climate change to massive inequality to the decline of trust, the world is facing a number of interconnected crises. Above all else, however, ...

Vladimir Putin has turned Russia from fledgling democracy into a police state, and in 2020 a constitutional change gave him the means to stay in po...

''Brenda Hale''s story is extraordinary. She has been a pioneer... Spider woman and agent of change'' Harriet HarmanLady Hale is an inspirational f...

A leader in the social movement that achieved Trinidad and Tobagos independence from Britain in 1962, Eric Williams (19111981) served as its first ...

In The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson, James Axtell brings together essays by eight leading historians and one historically minded political ...

In 1891 Benjamin Harrison, the first president engaged in conservation, had to have this new area of public policy explained to him by members of t...