Political leaders and leadership

From the foreword by Maya Angelou:"e;[T]he joy they promise in their prose makes me glad that I and other writers have been willing to make good writing our aim, and even great writing our dream.

I think this will make Watergate look like childs play.

This book tells the story of the rise of Margaret Thatcher in the context of crises assailing Britain in the 1970s and how her ascent to power ushered in the neoliberal era.

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

The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice takes a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of the processes, conditions, and activities that hold the potential to control corruption.

The Routledge Handbook of Anti-Corruption Research and Practice takes a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of the processes, conditions, and activities that hold the potential to control corruption.

Through an exclusive focus on public policy advocacy, Dalton and Butler offer practical guidance for determining the fundamental issues that make up a controversy and what expectations public audiences will have for advocacy based on the issues and the burdens of advocates challenging or defending the status quo.

One of the most controversial figures of the New Deal Era, Harry Hopkins elicited few neutral responses from his contemporaries.

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This is the first book to present both the arguments for and against Barack Obama's presidency and its policies.

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Presidential Trivia: The Feats, Fates, Families, Foibles, and Firsts of Our American Presidents Revised and Updated from the beloved Richard Lederer comes another kind of trivia bookPresidential Trivia.

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Abraham Lincoln proved to be one of the most defining political figures in American history.

Este libro ofrece un recorrido fascinante a través del mundo de las profecías y los profetas, abarcando desde tiempos antiguos hasta figuras contemporáneas.

This edited collection of studies brings together a number of internationally distinguished scholars to provide a comprehensive and detailed examination of the usage and function of quotations and citations in political rhetoric in a variety of countries around the globe, including North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

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Georges Sada was one of Saddam's top generals and foremost military advisors.

In this memoir by the former attorney general and senator, "e;Ashcroft tells his own story [and] reflects on the lessons he learned"e; (Publishers Weekly).

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A profile of the Bush political clan patriarch-who he was and what he stood for, the examples he set, the events he shared, and the lives he touched.

Just Watch Me, was the expression used by Trudeau when challenged by a reporter regarding his use of power during the FLQ crisis in Canada in 1970.

After three deadly years of fighting, President Abraham Lincoln had seen a little progress in the West against the Confederacy, but in the main theater of operations, Virginia, the lines were almost exactly where they had been when the American Civil War started.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of the most important and influential works in American history.

This is a story written over a decade ago.

Search for Boris Johnson in this eye-boggling illustrated adventure!

A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international orderWhile work in international relations has closely examined the decline of great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their rise.

Meet Ireland's new Taoiseach, Brian CowenDespite a high profile at the centre of Irish political life for more than twenty years, relatively little is known about our new leader.

Bertie Ahern, three times Irish Taoiseach, is often described as an enigma.

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government.

The son of a carpenter, Edward Heath broke the patrician mould of Tory leaders.

The sensational story of Mimi Alford and the secret she kept for 40 years - her teenage affair with President John F Kennedy during her time as a White House Intern.

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Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of Trump's assault on truth and his populist attacks on expertise, as well as scientific and legal opposition to them.

SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERWith extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time.

The questions have haunted our nation for half a century: Was the President killed by a single gunman?

The New Machiavelli is a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10.

Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone.

For the first time, here is the extraordinary true story of one of the most powerful men, and ruthless dictators, who ever lived.