Political leaders and leadership

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In September 1857, a member of a religious sect killed himself on hearing the news that the object of his devout observance, Nikal Seyn, had died.

Crises pose a challenge to leaders beyond any other tests they confront.

The study of institutions, a core concept in comparative politics, has produced many rich and influential theories on the economic and political effects of institutions, yet it has been less successful at theorizing their origins.

The monograph explores the dynamics of ingroup identity in the foreign policy-making of Middle Eastern monarchies from the evolution of the regional system after the World Wars until the present.

Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore's first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore's first industrial estate now known as Jurong Town.

The story of how Arab editors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries revolutionized Islamic literatureIslamic book culture dates back to late antiquity, when Muslim scholars began to write down their doctrines on parchment, papyrus, and paper and then to compose increasingly elaborate analyses of, and commentaries on, these ideas.

Arnold Heeney had a distinguished career in the service of the government of Canada - as secretary to the cabinet, undersecretary of state for external affairs, ambassador to the North Atlantic Council, twice ambassador to the United States (1953-7 and 1959-62), and co-chairman of the International Joint Commission.

Democracy and political parties go hand in hand.

Greece in the 1960s produced one of Europe's arguably most controversial politicians of the post-war era.

One of Canada’s most dynamic prime ministers, Lester B.

Situated in the heart of London's Holland Park are the remains of Holland House the site of what was once England's most celebrated political salon.

When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in 1874.

Democracy is in crisis.

This is the first thorough and systematic interrogation of Republican Party oratory and rhetoric that examines a series of leading figures in American conservative politics.

A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt is the first comprehensive anthology to encompass Roosevelt as whole, highlighting both his personality and his skilled diplomacy.

Former Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner offers a candid insider look at her trailblazing time in elected office, the pressures and pitfalls of city and state politics, and the true potential of local government.

This comprehensive volume is a three-part study of whether the Chinese political system has maintained a significant degree of regime legitimacy in the context of rising domestic discontent, in particular the popular protests against socio-economic inequality and environment degradation.

An edition aimed at students of five of Demosthenes'' Assembly speeches arguing for a military response to Philip II of Macedon.

This book examines how the United States adopted and contributed to the practices of international society-the habits and practices states use to regulate their relations-during the nineteenth century.

During his career at the New York Times, Harrison Salisbury served as the bureau chief in post-World War II Moscow, reported from Hanoi during the Vietnam War, and in retirement he witnessed the Tiananmen Square massacre firsthand.

An original and illuminating narrative revealing John F.

After decades of misinformation during the Soviet period, we can today, with historical hindsight and a better grasp of old and new sources, appraise what Lenins government meant for Russia and the world.

Born in Ireland in 1822, Timothy Warren emigrated to New Brunswick in 1849 and quickly became involved in the life and politics of the city of Saint John and the colony.

It might not be in your lifetime', said the Chief Justice of the United States when asked whether the files on the assassination of President Kennedy would be made public.

Explores the Romantic conviction that there were ''too many'' novels and shows how this belief transformed the publication of fiction.

Explains how new print technologies and the expansion of print culture allowed eighteenth-century writers to develop the novel form.

Now in a revised edition with extra material and a new introduction for 2014.

The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810.

Who killed JFK?

The theory of the unitary executive is one of the most controversial and significant constitutional doctrines of the past several decades.

From the clashes between Federalists and Republicans in the 1790s until today, partisan battles over taxing, spending, and public debt have shaped American political development.

The most concise and accessible introduction available to bibliographical research and to the history of bibliography.

Iran's presidents have defined the Islamic Republic's attitudes towards the rest of the world.

In 1993, William J.

Leadership has never played a more prominent role in America's national discourse, and yet our opinions of leaders are at all-time lows.

Galey explores the entwined histories of Shakespearean texts and archival technologies over the past four centuries.

This is the story of the rise and eventual disappearance of approximately thirty German weekly newspapers during a period of slightly more than eighty years.

The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory "e;A perfectly paced biography.

In 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first president of a democratic South Africa.

In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not those who bought it.

The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States has opened a new chapter in the country's long and often tortured history of inter-racial and inter-ethnic relations.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shattered the prevalent optimism in the United States that had blossomed during the tranquil and prosperous 1990s, when democracy seemed triumphant and catastrophic wars were a relic of the past.

Assesses the forces that will buffet the United States and the global order through 2050.

This book analyses the processes and factors that contributed to the emergence and eventual consolidation of the Greek Cypriot Right in the era of British colonialism.