Having inherited a city ravaged by crime and crippled in its ability to serve its citizens, Giuliani shows how he found that every aspect of his career up to that point--from clerking for the formidable judge who demanded excellence (and rewarded it with a life-time of loyalty) to busting organized crime during his years as a federal attorney--shaped his thinking about leadership and prepared h…
The volume begins with London diary which Gandhi used to maintain as a student. Another significant document is the green pamphlets which highlighted the humiliating treatment to which the Indians in South Africa were subjected to. The volume includes several petitions he addressed to the government of Great Britain against anti-Indian legislation, and many personal and general letters Gandhi a…
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. In October 2012, when she was fifteen, Malala almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's Miraculous recovery has taken her on ext…
This short booklet appears at a time when the whole of the Indonesian people are facing matters of great import, both within and without the country, that call or undivided attention. The struggle to eliminate deficiencies in the sphere of the domestic economy and the serious contribution to the world being made by the Indonesian under the leadership of our beloved Great Leader of the Revolutio…
This volume opens with Jawaharlal Nehru's public speech at the Ramlila Grounds in Delhi 10 May 1957. [Nehru] recalled how he used to listen to tales of what happened in 1857-58 in Allahabad, Delhi, Lucknow and other places. These stories made a deep impression on him and filled him with anger.
This volume, like the previous one, furnishes rich information on foreign affairs. He was guided, as always, by the principle of enlightened self-interest. At the same time, his responses to worldwide events were influenced by his upbringing and training and the influence of socialist and Marxian ideas. He fervently believed in decolonization, non-alignment, peace and nuclear disarmament, and I…
This book commemorates the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with 64 articles by distinguished writers from 43 countries. Some of the articles provide fascinating glimpses of Gandhi's personality and times, but most of them make a serious effort to understand his ideas and methods and their significance for our times.
Pak Harto adalah pemimpin bangsa Indonesia yang dalam kurun waktu lebih kurang 3 dasawarsa telah menjadi tokoh dunia dan sejarah nasional. Apapun kebijakan beliau adalah kebijakan bangsa Indonesia dan untuk bangsa Indonesia. Keharuman dan Ketidakharuman atas kebijakan beliau adalah merupakan bagian dari sejarah bangsa. Adalah pengingkaran terhadap sejarah bila ada yang mengatakan bahwa kepemimp…
Pertama kali diterbitkan pada 1978, buku ini menuai kontroversi dan dihujani kritik. Sang penulis, Michael H. Hart berani mengambil keputusan menempatkan Nabi Muhammad SAW di urutan pertama daftar 100 tokoh paling berpengaruh dalam sejarah dunia. Padahal Hart sendiri non muslim dan Islam bukanlah agama terbesar di dunia. Tentu saja, semua kritikan itu terbukti tak beralasan. Buktinya, buku ini …
Buku ini merefleksikan kandungan emosional seorang Wiranto yang kaya kisah, blak-blakan, tapi tidak menyerang orang lain sehingga tetap simpatik dan argumentatif. Ditulis dengan nada lugas tapi tetap elegan, adakalanya diselingi selera humornya, dan dilengkapi informasi yang kaya dan eksklusif, buku ini memperlihatkan posisi strategis Wiranto--meminjam istilah Prof. Taufik Abdullah--"at the jun…