Political leaders and leadership

The 1813 storming of Fort Mims by Creek Indians brought to light the careers of Andrew Jackson, David Crockett and Sam Houston.

The concentration of private power over media has been the subject of intense public debate around the world.

Upturning the typical view of Turkey's democratic trajectory as a product of authoritarian assault or unfortunate circumstances, this book argues that the AKP, first elected in 2002, has consistently advanced a narrative of democracy as the work of an elite working for the 'National Will'.

For better and sometimes for worse, Congress is a reflection of the aspirations, wants, and priorities of the American people.

European Defence Cooperation (1984) considers the varied elements of European defence cooperation and the obstacles to further development of a European pillar within NATO.

We had to figure that by electing a decidedly non-career-politician, that things would be different.

This Element examines pre-web literary hypertext as a watershed moment in the history of digital publishing.

This book is the first biography of Scottish-born physician John Moore.

Britain into Europe (1976) examines how the debate in Britain about EEC membership was conducted between 1961 and 1975.

Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Gerald Ford went from the United States House of Representatives, where he was the minority leader, to the White House as the countrys first and only unelected president.

An introduction to studying and editing texts in all forms, from manuscript to digital.

An in-depth and critical look at the life and ideas of Michael Harrington, one of America''s most important democratic socialists.

A farm boy from the mountains of North Carolina, Rufus Edmisten could not have been prepared for the halls of power in Washington, D.

The 526 documents printed in this volume run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814.

Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild Swans In this groundbreaking biography, Jung Chang vividly describes how Empress Dowager Cixi the most important woman in Chinese history brought a medieval empire into the modern age.

The populist radical right is one of the most studied political phenomena in the social sciences, counting hundreds of books and thousands of articles.

An introduction to studying and editing texts in all forms, from manuscript to digital.

China has traditionally been held up around the world as the archetype of centralised governance and a top-down system of public administration.

The Bush administration is out but the American public continues to suffer from its disastrous domestic and foreign policies.

As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance.

China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party.

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East.

The response of an autocratic nation's armed forces is crucial to the outcome of democratization movements throughout the world.

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This book critically examines Obama's presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

The first woman ever elected to the U.

What is true political leadership, and how do we get it?

An Academy Awardnominated screenwriter and a mystery novelist, Roger L.

Seventy years ago, an Ivy League-educated lawyer, his wife from a prominent Midwestern media family, and their four children moved to a small town in Southwestern Colorado.

A Framework for Development (1981) focusses on the link between the European Economic Community and the 60 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states.

Political parties in post-communist countries have very high levels of electoral volatility.

"e;Jenkins' rare combination of psychological theorizing and archival research in several countries and time periods yields a fascinating new take on the central question of when states over-estimate or under-estimate others' resolve.

This major new study examines the nature of Chinese power and its impact on the international order.

Australia's Prime Minister and premier diplomat in the 1930/1940s, this new biography presents him as a consistent internationalist and places him in a global context.

From the speechwriter and top adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson: A behind-the-scenes history of the most momentous decade in American politics.

This book explores the political and intellectual significance of Edward Heath's leadership of the Conservative Party.

He was at the forefront of some of Germany's most definitive and controversial decisions, in his role as the first Social Democrat Chancellor of West Germany between 1969 and 1974.

Although Canada is regarded as one of the least corrupt countries, this volume draws on wide ranging evidence and innovative research from scholars around the world to challenge this assumption.

The challenges that have been facing the European Union in recent years have given rise to the question: who leads the EU?

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Where else but in America could a Jewish kid from Kansas, son of self-made, entrepreneurial parents and a grandson of Russian and Eastern European immigrants, end up as a congressman, secretary of agriculture, and chief lobbyist for Hollywood?