Political Leaders & Leadership

'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker'Filled with ins...

Kim Kisam, a former South Korean intelligence officer, has collaborated with Donald Kirk, journalist and author, in a study of the campaign waged b...

From the mid-sixth to the mid-fourth century BCE a nexus of connections to Thrace defined the careers of several of Athens' most prominent figures,...

This book uses a multi-method approach to explain why recent Iowa governors have been able to stay in office significantly longer than their peers....

Ever since the rise of Adolf Hitler, mental health professionals have sought to use their knowledge of human psychology to understand - and interve...

In Call Me an American, Captain Caos triumphant journey of sacrifice and perseverance in the face of overwhelming odds, speaks to the enduring powe...

This book compares British, French, and American legislative debates on woman suffrage and women's rights. Beginning with an analysis of Tocquevill...

Do political leaders matter for development in Africa? Political leaders south of the Sahara have taken centre stage since countries in the region ...

The UK has had a Referendum whether to leave the EU or Remain. The country voted to leave by a considerable majority. Its significance can be compa...

**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian**A Times Political Book of the Year'An entertaining...

In Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus, Wilson Jeremiah Moses provides a critical assessment of Thomas Jefferson and the Jeffersonian influence. ...

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

Vietnam's Lost Revolution employs newly-released archival material from Vietnam to examine the rise and fall of the Special Commissariat for Civic ...

The book examines the relationship between the presidency and the sport, and argues through stories that the two naturally go together. Golf is the...

This book examines the factors behind the survival and persistence of monarchical authoritarianism in Morocco and argues that state rituals of powe...

The 2012 congressional elections played an equally vital role in determining the future course of America as the presidential race that topped the ...

In The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents, David L. Holmes Holmes examines not only the beliefs professed by each president but also the variety of p...

The First World War marked the emergence of the Dominions on the world stage as independent nations, none more so than Australia. The country's sac...

This first full account of Obasanjo's life from 1937 to 2010 combines an analysis of an exceptionally vital and complicated man with a history of a...

Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six ye...

The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936) was one of the stars of the Paris Peace Conference, impressing many of the Western deleg...

A new assessment of the life and political career of Lord Shelburne, prime minister 1782-83, and of the context in which he lived. Lord Shelburne,...