This book is a comprehensive biography of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, one of the most influential diplomats in French and European history. Duff Cooper describes Talleyrand's life journey from the French Revolution, through the Napoleonic era, to the Restoration of the monarchy. With a strong narrative style, this book highlights Talleyrand's political acumen, diplomatic strategy, …
The book Soviet Policy in the Third World, edited by W. Raymond Duncan, is a collection of essays and analytical studies on the Soviet Union's foreign policy toward Third World countries during the Cold War. The authors in this volume discuss the political, economic, military, and ideological strategies used by the Soviets to expand their global influence, particularly in Asia, Africa, and Lati…
In this reflective work, former U.S. President Richard Nixon offers his insights on global leadership through a series of biographical portraits and personal evaluations of major world figures. Drawing from his extensive experience in international politics and diplomacy, Nixon analyzes the qualities, decisions, and historical moments that shaped the leaders who influenced the 20th century. The…
Leadership in an Interdependent World by Ghiță Ionescu examines the political leadership of five major world statesmen—Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and Mikhail Gorbachev—within the context of an increasingly interdependent international system. Through comparative analysis, Ionescu explores how each leader navigated global challenges, shaped forei…
Recalling his friendship and conversations with the late Indian leader, William Shirer presents a portrait of Gandhi that spotlights his frailties as well as his accomplishments. As a young foreign correspondent, William Shirer reported briefly on Gandhi'but the year was 1931, when India's struggle for independence peaked and Gandhi scored perhaps his greatest political success. The year before…
This book contains a collection of 196 letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter, Indira Gandhi, during his imprisonment from 1930–1933. Through these letters, Nehru explains world history in a broad sense, from ancient civilizations and cultural developments to political struggles and major changes in global society. Presented in a narrative and reflective style, this book provides…
From one of our country's most distinguished statesmen, The Politics of Diplomacy is an outstanding inside account of an extraordinary time in world history. By any reckoning, James Baker's years as Secretary of State contained some of the most pivotal events of the second half of the twentieth century, and few men played as critical a role in so many of them as Baker himself. In this candid, r…
It is a rare portrait of a nation-and a leader-in peril, in flux and in the raw.
Memoirs is one of the most important documents to come out of the Soviet Union, not only from a political point of view but because of the remarkable insight it gives into Gromyko's Russia.
This book served the philosophy of leadership from great leader across the world like Nehru, Soekarno, Mao Tse Tung, Tito, etc