Political Leaders & Leadership

This book explores the relationship between the religious beliefs of presidents and their foreign policymaking. Through the application of a new me...

The American Dream isnt a thing of the past, but a miracle of the present.Now more than ever its easy to focus on the divisions that plague our nat...

Too much attention is paid to the absence of women leaders around the world rather than their presence, leaving a gap in our understanding of the d...

A widespread perception exists among political commentators, campaign operatives and presidential candidates that vice presidential (VP) running ma...

The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. Did the historic election of a black president actu...

This book explores the process of rebuilding the Conservative Party under David Cameron's leadership since 2005. It traces the different elements o...

Detailed and impeccably researched. Eye-opening' GUARDIAN Punchy and well-reported. Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story' NEW ...

The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipmans #1 bestselling Brexit quartet. To follow his bestselling books All Out War and ...

In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States.  In the weeks and months following the election, as in those that pre...

This volume contributes to the Routledge Seminar Studies history series by providing a concise narrative overview of the ideas and foreign policy o...

This book, first published in 1992, examines the attitudes of local elites the hinge between Indian state and rural society towards protest and p...

Benito Mussolini has persistently been described as an 'actor' and also as a master of illusions. In her vividly narrated account of the Italian d...

The sequel nobody wants. After a decade of the Tories, could it get any worse? Spoiler it does.Towards the end of 2021, Britain had been frogmarch...

Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer ...

An analysis of Pakistani politics under President Mohammad Ayub Khan that focuses on the practical limitations of that leader's ability to mobilize...

Elle a osé réussir (in English, She Dared to Succeed), delves into the life of a woman who, for more than 30 years, broke multiple glass ceilings i...

Jamsheed Marker's lifetime in the diplomatic service of Pakistan gave him a unique vintage point. In cricket terms, he was at cover point, near eno...

First published in 1991, The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt has won acclaim as a lucid and thorough narrative of Roosevelt's two terms in the Whi...

First published in 1991, The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt has won acclaim as a lucid and thorough narrative of Roosevelt's two terms in the Whi...

'A splendid critique' James O'Brien, Times Literary Supplement'Richly nuanced, the most stimulating book I have read on Labour in ages' Martin Kett...

This book is about an intensive form of peacemaking interaction, in which the disputing parties agree to take time out from the routine of their da...

A celebrated historian recounts Hubert Humphrey's role as a liberal hero of twentieth-century AmericaHubert Humphrey was liberalism's most dedicate...

Johnny Henderson spent four years during the Second World War as aide-de-camp to one of Britain's most famous soldiers of the twentieth century, Ge...

'Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what youve been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid.' Emil...

To probe the nature of Woodrow Wilson's intellectual development, this book focuses on the relationship between his religious thought and other are...

This book traces the economic ideology of the UK Labour Party from its origins to the current day. Through its analysis, the book emphasises key cr...

Millions of Americans--including many experienced politicians--viewed Barack Obama through a prism of high expectations, based on a belief in the p...

Written for a general audience, this book tells the inside story of the most remarkable moment in the history of the Australia-US alliance.In the p...

Can you identify five political leaders whose ideas you dont share but for whom you still have respect? Or multiple media channels and news outlets...

The Council of the EU is a powerful institution whose centrality has been challenged by the Treaty of Lisbon. More than ten years after this major ...

From the moment that the New Labour government left office in 2010, it became a bone of contention for the party. Ed Miliband was styled as the mov...

From the moment that the New Labour government left office in 2010, it became a bone of contention for the party. Ed Miliband was styled as the mov...

Political profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the city Chicagos transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson ...

Political profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the city Chicagos transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson ...

On a freezing January afternoon in 1992, Deng Xiaoping, Chinas former paramount leader and now a revered elder statesman, set off on a month long t...

Present day knowledge about public sector reforms in Asia is quite scattered and seldom focuses on the challenges of leadership. This edited collec...

One of the key issues facing our republic in this century is the exercise of presidential war powers. The constitutional structure which gives the ...