Political Leaders & Leadership

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation. Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the ...

The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatchers life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979. Ma...

The larger-than-life image Abraham Lincoln projects across the screen of American history owes much to his role as the Great Emancipator during the...

Early in the morning of 4 March 2015, a fierce knock at the door heralded the start of a new chapter in Harvey Proctor's almost continuous relation...

Did you know that Winston Churchill spent his twenty-fifth birthday as a prisoner of war? Or that he fought in the trenches during the First World ...

In The Ignorant Maestro, Symphony Orchestra conductor Itay Talgam reveals the art of successful leadership by looking at the world's greatest condu...

A Scots-Irish immigrant, James McHenry determined to make something of his life. Trained as a physician, he joined the American Revolution when war...

Author Roman Popadiuk served in the Bush White House from 1989 to 1992 as deputy assistant to the president and deputy press secretary for foreign ...

According to most of the media, the left and the political establishment, Donald Trump was a racist, sexist, dangerous man who debased the office o...

The Call of the World takes us on an unprecedented behind-the-scenes tour of defining moments in recent global history. Bill Graham Canadas minist...

Stonking! Why Trump must win for the world discusses China''s spurious rise and the 2020 USA elections. The author posits that Trump and some of hi...

A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to be elected Vice President of the United States.  In Kamalas Way, longtime Los Angeles Times repo...

This collection of critical essays explores the life and writings of President Barack Obama. The individual essays, written by a diverse body of sc...

Acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford tells the engrossing story of the unlikely friendship between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and...

The bestselling author of Team of Teams dismantles the Great Man theory of leadership, by profiling leaders whose real stories defy their legends. ...

This book discusses the divergent approaches to the concepts of African independence and unity adopted by two great African leaders, namely, the fo...

A Renowned Historian Gives New Perspective on Statesmen at War Lewis E. Lehrman, a renowned historian and National Humanities Medal winner, gives ...

There have been fifty-four Prime Ministers in Britain, from Sir Robert Walpole to Theresa May, and this volume will explore each of them in varying...

The presidency of Donald Trump marks a profound change in the trajectory of American government, politics, and culture. Like his administration, th...

The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of the USA was his obsessive use of Twitter. Like o...

When Winston Churchill was a boy of sixteen, he already had a vision for his purpose in life. This country will be subjected somehow to a tremendou...

The first ever comprehensive oral history of President Obamas administration and the complex political machine that created and powered a landmark ...

Like See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life of secrets, and a ...

Narratives of Triumph and Loss explores the successes, challenges and controversies of womens post-conflict political leadership. Through interview...

A personal, behind-the-scenes look at a Democratic icon Governor Mario Cuomos life and accomplishments are part of the public record, but in Mario ...

The distinguished Indian lawyer and writer, A. G. Noorani, urges his readers in this incisively argued book to look again at some of the key events...

Sankara's legacy, unclear as it may be, still lives and he remains immensely popular. If you travel through Africa his image is unmistakable. His p...

Over 300 anecdotes on Napoleon Bonaparte, his life, his battles, his marriages and his exiles. The Anecdotes range from the unusual, the macabre, ...

This New York Times bestseller is a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership.Historians have l...

The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin represented Montana for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. A leadi...

November, 1945. The war is over, Hitler is dead, and Allied Army Chaplain Henry Gerecke receives his most challenging assignment: to go to Nurember...

South Dakota senator George McGoverns 1972 presidential bid was one of the most memorable campaigns in American political history. Despite McGovern...

How did individual Americans respond to the shock of President Lincoln''s assassination? Diaries, letters, and intimate writings reveal a complicat...