Political Leaders & Leadership

From New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin comes the definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of far...

Fully examined for the first time in this engrossing book by one of America's preeminent presidential scholars, the election that pitted Woodrow Wi...

A new afterword by Max Holland details developments since the original 2003 publication, including the revelation of Mark Felt as the infamous Deep...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the most powerful partisan figure in the contemporary U.S. Congress. How this came to be, and how th...

When General Alexander M. Haig Jr. returned to the White House on May 3, 1973, he found the Nixon administration in worse shape than he had imagine...

American First Ladies is a testament to the visible role that first ladies have played in U.S. government, as well as the expanding interest in wom...

Winner of the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US HistoryFrom the acclaimed author of 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents and...

After the Anschluss (annexation) in 1938, the Nazis forced Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg to resign and kept him imprisoned for seven years, ...

If you want to be a successful leader in todays business world, you need to think like an activist. If you want to be a successful leade...

Acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this foundational biography wen...

An intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnsons politics and presidency by one of his closest advisors. Horace Busby was one of LBJs most trusted advis...

As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, US President, member of Congress and attorney before the Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams had a unique relationship...

Since Russian leader Vladimir Putin assumed power in August 1999, speculation about his character, motives, and plans for Russias future has been r...

Although there have been many biographies of Benjamin Disraeli, none has dealt at length with his early years. Mr. Jerman has had first access to t...

This study shows how Lenin's life was permanently altered at the age of seventeen by the execution of his brother Alexander, his transformation fro...

The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour public policies and their outcomes in Britain under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon ...

Modern presidents engage in public leadership through national television addresses, routine speechmaking, and by speaking to local audiences. With...

Modern presidents engage in public leadership through national television addresses, routine speechmaking, and by speaking to local audiences. With...

My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the sto...

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-lang...

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the international order. Drawing on an extensive range of Chinese-lang...