Political leaders and leadership

In this collection, academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician, a process, and a problem - Barack Obama, the 2008 US presidential election, and the 'problem' of race in contemporary America.

The official British Army book on what makes its leadership so successful, and how to become a better leader yourself - whatever your field.

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Drawing on the flood of new material to emerge from Russian and Western sources in recent years, Beryl Williams focuses on Lenin's years in power and provides first-rate introduction to the life, ideology and impact of one of the formative figures of the 20th-century.

For nearly ten years - indeed more if we include his period of influence under Mandela's presidency - Thabo Mbeki bestrode South Africa's political stage.

In the wake of the 2004 election, pundits were shocked at exit polling that showed that 22% of voters thought 'moral values' was the most important issue at stake.

Therags to richesstory ofSilicon Valleys original disruptor.

The second edition of this introductory textbook on foreign policy analysis focuses on the key explanatory factors that underlie the foreign policies of states and other actors to show how theory can illuminate practice.

The surprising similarities in the rise and fall of the Sunni Islamic and Roman Catholic empires in the face of the modern stateCoping with Defeat presents a historical panorama of the Islamic and Catholic political-religious empires and exposes striking parallels in their relationship with the modern state.

The GCC is a major player in the post-2011 reordering of the Middle East.

Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into office.

At the beginning of the century, the majority of Americans were satisfied with the way things were going in the United States.

It was an incredible destiny for a man who repeatedly announced that he was "e;without ambition.

Judith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and provides an assessment of his leadership at the head of a newly independent India with no tradition of democratic politics.

With the rise to power of the fifth generation in 2012, Xi Jinping became the undisputed leader of China.

In diesem Buch werden wichtige Werke und Ansätze der politikorientierten Emotionenforschung in einen systematischen Zusammenhang gebracht.

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Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler's Germany has been widely condemned.

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*Updated Edition* A fun, anecdote-filled, encyclopedic look at the circumstances surrounding the deaths of every president and a few ';almost presidents,' such as Jefferson Davis.

There are few individuals in modern Spanish history that have been as thoroughly mythologized as Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, a leading figure in the Spanish Civil War who was executed by the Republicans in 1936 and celebrated as a martyr following the victory of the Falangists.

An intimate, behind-the-scenes history of the White House service staff, from the Kennedys to the present Americas First Families are unknowable in many ways.

Authors will benefit hugely from this practical book by seeing howeffective they can be at helping to promote their own books.

Ayalon explores the birth of Arab printing, publishing, dissemination methods, and mass readership during the formative phase from 1800 to 1914.

Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict.

This seminar study examines the Eisenhower presidency.

Tracing presidential administrations since Lyndon B.

In The Ignorant Maestro, Symphony Orchestra conductor Itay Talgam reveals the art of successful leadership by looking at the world's greatest conductorsA conductor in front of his orchestra is an iconic symbol of leadership.

Politics at the Centre is a comparative study of the rules, norms and behaviour surrounding political party leadership.

This is the first extended study of the reception of Chaucer''s medieval manuscripts in the early modern period.

In this riveting anatomy of the new face of authoritarianism, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the battle between modern dictators and those who challenge their rule.

'A one-stop welcome to the world of publishing .

';Like taking a tour of the White House with a gifted storyteller at your side!

Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Communism and the Cold War pervaded almost every aspect of American policy and concern.

When we think of Thomas Jefferson, a certain picture comes to mind for some of us, combining his physical appearance with our perception of his character.

*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien Young, while Boris was sunbathing on a donor's private island.

Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty.

Explores the development of a ''European security culture'' from the Congress of Vienna to the First World War.

Through a comprehensive analysis of legislative and organisational changes and interviews with all the key players, The Honest Politician's Guide to Prisons and Probation provides an authoritative account of the crisis which has gradually engulfed the prison and probation services since 1991.

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This book examines the struggle for human rights in Chile since 1973 and celebrates the academic work and activism of Latin Americanist Alan Angell.

Ronald Reagan called the peaceful transfer of power from one U.

Dieses Buch untersucht in einem Querschnitt durch aktuelle und künftig zu erwartende Herausforderungen für Politik, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (Finanzen, Digitales, Kultur, Stadtentwicklung, Wohnen, Verkehr, Bildung, usw.

James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution.