Indira Gandhi by Dom Moraes is a deeply researched and intimate biography of Indira Gandhi, written by a journalist who had access to her personal circle. Published in 1980, it covers her early life, political rise, leadership as Prime Minister of India, and her personal struggles. Moraes provides a portrait of Indira as a complex leader — strong yet vulnerable, charismatic yet controversial.…
Singapore's former Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew provides an account of his personal and political life and provides a blow-by-blow chronicle of his dealings with political groups and leaders, both Malaysian and international, on the road to independence. Includes b & w photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland.
The Downing Street Years is, first and foremost, a brilliant first-hand portrayal of the events and personalities of her years in power. She gives riveting accounts of the great and critical moments of her premiership the three election victories, the Falklands War, the Miners' Strike, the Brighton Bomb, the Westland Affair, her battles abroad with foreign federalists and at home with faint-hea…
This book contains: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) 2. Gulzari Lal Nanda (1964 and 1966) 3. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966) 4. Indira Gandhi (1966-1977) 5. Moraji Desai (1977-1979) 6. Charan Singh (1979-1979)
This book contains: 1. Indira Gandhi (1980-1984) 2. Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989) 3. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990) 4. Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991) 5. P.v. Narasimha Rao (1991 onwards)
One of Canada's best-loved and most-read historians, Laurier LaPierre, provides an intimate portrait of Sir Wilfrid, from his school days at the College classique and McGill University law school, his marriage to his beloved Zoe and his friendship with the beguiling Emile.
Despite the undeniable importance of Japan in world affairs, both politically and economically, the office of the Japanese prime minister has received far less attention from scholars than the top political offices in other advanced industrialized democracies. This book is the first major systemic analysis of the Japanese prime minister’s role and influence in the policy process.
In The Downing Street Years Margaret Thatcher gave her own account of her prime ministership from 1979 to 1990. Now, in The Path to Power, she writes for the first time about her personal life, about the formation of her character and values, and about the training and experiences which led to the 1979 election victory.
These letters begin with Nehru's postcards and messages to his baby daughter and with her first effort at the age of six. They are plentiful, because Nehru was often away from home, not only on political business but also in prison. During this time Indira was growing up, experiencing different kinds of schools, in India and then in Europe, and finally the university life in Oxford. She told he…
Pol Pot is an extraordinarily challenging subject, for no modern revolutionary leader has so purposefully, and successfully, left so little trace. And he certainly deserves his enigmatic reputation: an indifferent student, he became a gifted teacher; an amiable mediocrity as a youth, he led (leads) one of the world's toughest guerrilla organizations; described by all who knew him as polite, cha…