Political Leaders & Leadership

The inside story of Teddy's life and presidency!You probably know that Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, but did you ...

President Ronald Reagan's folksy way with words and evocative delivery earned him the moniker The Great Communicator. From witty political challeng...

For nearly ten years - indeed more if we include his period of influence under Mandela's presidency - Thabo Mbeki bestrode South Africa's political...

Authenticity, the dominant cultural value of the baby boom generation, became central to presidential campaigns in the late 20th century. Beginn...

Eamon de Valera embodies Irish independence much as de Gaulle personifies French resistance and Churchill exemplifies British resolve. Ronan Fannin...

The smash-hit musical Hamilton presents its central character as a truth-telling immigrant boot-strapper who used his extraordinary intelligence to...

A masterly biography of a great Conservative Prime Minister (and publisher) - Harold Macmillan (1894-1986).Harold Macmillan was a figure of paradox...

As October 1779 became November, George Washington realized that autumn had advanced too far for a combined Franco-American assault against the Bri...

For most of recorded history, men have held nearly all of the most powerful leadership positions. Today, although women occupy an increasing percen...

This book outlines the so called 'contemporary Asian matriarchate'. In the twentieth century, six women have held the office of prime minister in S...

Based on the concept of charisma formulated by Max Weber and developed by recent writers, this second revised edition concentrates on 'personality-...

George Washington dominates the narrative of the nation's birth, yet American history has largely forgotten what he knew: that the country's fate d...

From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches ...

Bush II, Obama, and the Decline of U.S. Hegemony in the Western Hemisphere applies competing definitions and conceptions of hegemony to various for...

The victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 election left specialists of American politics perplexed and concerned about the future of US democracy. Be...

A New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceIn 1858, challenger Abraham Lincoln debated incumbent Stephen Douglas seven times in the race for a U.S....

Winner of the Whitbread Biography of the Year.William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of ninet...

THE BEST WORDS. IN THE BEST ORDER. The Big Book of Trump is a wonderful 'celebration' of all things The Donald: the hair, the gaffs, the tweets... ...