Political leaders and leadership

This seminar study examines the Eisenhower presidency.

This book argues that American democracy is in crisis.

Sir Robert Filmer (1588-1653) was a defender of 'the Natural Power of Kings against the Unnatural Liberty of the People.

Am Beispiel Tanzanias stellt Andreas Eckert jene Afrikaner in den Mittelpunkt, die zunächst Funktionen im kolonialen Staatsapparat ausübten und dann - mit der Unabhängigkeit - das Erbe der europäischen Kolonialherren an der Spitze des Staates antraten.

Evaluates the causes and consequences of presidential threats toward other nations, revealing the nature of modern presidential foreign policy representation.

This volume covers an aspect of Congress mostly untouched in literature, examining Congress through the lens of sports.

Outcomes of legislative elections are typically reported in terms of party support: how many votes and seats were obtained by each party?

An examination of the political and social characteristics particular to Scandinavia which have made women's rise to power more rapid than in other regions of the world, this study also explores how the resulting election of women has provided valuable evidence of the impact of women leaders and their leadership style.

This book delves into the life and work of President Donald Trump, who is arguably the most famous and controversial person in the world today.

It's beenfifty years since JFKs assassination and nearly twenty since Ronald Reagan disappeared from public life.

In this ambitious work David T.

An entirely new perspective on Churchill and his paintings told in his own words and including material never before published, edited and introduced by David Cannadine.

Distinguishing itself from the mass of political biographies of Barack Obama, this first interdisciplinary study of Obama's Indonesian and Hawai'ian years examines their effect on his adult character, political identity, and global world-view.

An original analysis of Russian politics, reflecting on the underlying features of Russia''s political system since 1991.

This book builds on the strengths of the previous volumes by the same author to provide the most detailed and nuanced account of the man, his politics and his profound influence on Russian politics, foreign policy and society.

This book explores speeches by American presidents.

The Cambridge Companion to John F.

Leading historians provide perspective on Trump's four turbulent years in the White HouseThe Presidency of Donald J.

What did Thomas Jefferson look like?

"e; Winner of the 2003 Ray and Pat Browne Book Award, given by the Popular Culture Association The contributors to Hollywood's White House examine the historical accuracy of these presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the social and political visions of the filmmakers.

This book locates US elites as members of corporate elite networks and drivers of corporate elite interests, arguing that studying the social sources of US power plays an important part in understanding the nature of their decisions in US foreign policy.

Ronald Reagan is arguably the most successful post-war American president.

This book assesses the foreign policy legacy of the Obama administration through the lens of national security and leadership.

This book is a political biography of Arkadij Maksimovich Maslow (1891-1941), a German Communist politician and later a dissident and opponent to Stalin.

This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election.

The Bush Family Women is a must-have collectible for devoted fans of the Bushes and a celebration of four womenBarbara, Laura, Jenna, and Barbarawho hold a unique place in the story of America.

A Kansas Notable BookThe Peoples Party, the most successful third party in Americas history, emerged from the Populist Movement of the late 1800s.

In 1981, the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had been dominated for decades by ';the Organization,' a political machine led by former Governor and U.

President John F.

As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, U.

This book offers an explanation and evaluation of preventative diplomacy in an age of increasing precariousness.

The objective of this edited volume is to bring together a diverse set of analyses to document how small-scale societies responded to paleoenvironmental change based on the evidence of their lithic technologies.

President Ronald Reagan's famous address to the Houses of Parliament is now consideredin its spirit if not in its actual wordsto be the initial enunciation of his ';Evil Empire' stance.

A major international bestseller.

For the last seventy years, experts have tried to define the nature of Turkey's partnership with the US.

This book traces the evolution of the constitutional order, explaining Donald Trump's election as a symptom of a degraded democratic-capitalist system.

How does the ideal state look like?

Few would have imagined the developments and the extent of reforms that occurred under Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero between 2004 and 2008.

The book analyzes concentrations of wealth and power in developed democracies.

Most leadership literature stems from and focuses on the private sector, emphasizing personal qualities that bind leaders and followers to a shared purpose.

David Lloyd George is widely regarded as one of the most effective British prime ministers of the twentieth century.

The ashes of Herbert Norman now lie in the British cemetery at Rome, near those of Shelley and Keats.

Rund 300 Dörfer und Kleinstädte im alemannischen Raum zwischen Zürich und Straßburg haben ab dem 15.

'A thrilling read' Tom Holland'History-writing at its best' Barry StraussBy the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had redrawn the map of the ancient world to create an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indian subcontinent.

George H.