Political leaders and leadership

Beset with persistent problems of self-interest, corruption, ideological incoherence, and narrow electoral majorities, political parties are the weakest link in many democratic transitions around the world.

A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis In the 1930s, amidst an impending crisis in Europe, Winston Churchill found himself out of government and with little power.

Today, Trump s USA is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires.

Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton, their collaboration remains central to the constitutional revolution that launched the American experiment in republican government.

The Politics of Corruption examines the U.

A Founding Father, a patriot in the Revolutionary War, a delegate from Virginia to the Constitutional Convention, and one of the driving forces behind the creation of the U.

The death of a chief executive, regardless of the circumstances-sudden or expected, still in office or decades later-is always a moment of reckoning and reflection.

This volume uses essential and illuminating primary documents as a portal for understanding the evolution and present parameters of presidential power, the relationship between America's three branches of government, and why wartime often leads presidents to claim expansive powers and authority.

Although Thomas Jefferson's status as a champion of education is widely known, the essays in Light and Liberty make clear that his efforts to enlighten fellow citizens reflected not only a love of learning but also a love of freedom.

Barack Obama's inauguration as the first African American president of the United States has caused many commentators to conclude that America has entered a postracial age.

George Washington may be the most famous American who ever lived, and certainly is one of the most admired.

What did Thomas Jefferson look like?

In his widely acclaimed Chasing Shadows ("e;the best account yet of Nixon's devious interference with Lyndon Johnson's 1968 Vietnam War negotiations"e;-- Washington Post), Ken Hughes revealed the roots of the covert activity that culminated in Watergate.

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

Mandela: His Essential Life chronicles the life and legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential and admired statesmen.

With the opening of Russian and communist-bloc archives dating from the Soviet-era, there has been a significant increase of scholarly writings pertaining to Joseph Stalin.

In this legislative autobiography Franklin L.

An insider's account of the often-fraught U.

The Politics of Corruption examines the U.

In The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S.

A leader in the social movement that achieved Trinidad and Tobago's independence from Britain in 1962, Eric Williams (1911-1981) served as its first prime minister.

Dunmore's New World tells the stranger-than-fiction story of Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia, whose long-neglected life boasts a measure of scandal and intrigue rare in the annals of the colonial world.

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 Limits of Optimism works to dispel persistent notions about Jefferson's allegedly paradoxical and sphinx-like quality.

In Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership, Laurence M.

Presidents and their Justices offers an innovative look at the relationship between a president and the Supreme Court justices they appoint.

In Pulpit and Nation, Spencer McBride highlights the importance of Protestant clergymen in early American political culture, elucidating the actual role of religion in the founding era.

Finalist for the Alan Paton AwardIn his latest book, renowned historian Hermann Giliomee challenges the conventional wisdom on the downfall of white rule and the end of apartheid.

This concise, approachable introduction to Khrushchev explores the innovative theme of Khrushchev as reformer, arguing that the 'bumbling' nature of those reforms only partly reflected Khrushchev's uncertainty about how to act.

Presidential earmarks?

What does it take to get elected president of the United States-"e;leader of the free world"e;?

An insider's account of the often-fraught U.

A behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy.

How Putin's autocracy undercut Russia's economy and chances for democracyDuring his nearly twenty years at the center of Russian political power, Vladimir Putin has transformed the vast country in many ways, not all of them for the better.

Not since Pearl Harbor has an American president gone to Congress to request a declaration of war.

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

The narrative of Spiro Agnew's rise and fall has never been fully told.

In Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership, Laurence M.

This book examines how presidents from Nixon to Obama have faced the challenges of global leadership in a dramatically changing world-one with more limited resources and an increasing number of threatening challengers.

In the past twenty years, the countries that used to make up the former Soviet Union have seen plenty of change.

What makes a great president?

"e;[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.

Not since Pearl Harbor has an American president gone to Congress to request a declaration of war.

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

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First published in 1959, The Autobiography of James Monroe collects the compelling fragments of Monroe's unfinished autobiography, written after his retirement from the presidency.

Presidential earmarks?

A behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy.