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Frost/Nixon
Pan Macmillan 2008; US$ 7.66Published to satisfy the massive renewed interest in Sir David Frost's astounding feat of journalism following the huge success of the eponymous West End and Broadway play, Frost/Nixon tells the extraordinary story of how Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career. When he first conceived the idea of interviewing Richard Nixon and trying... more...
The Soul of a Leader
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableWhat are we looking for in a leader? Has the meaning of leadership changed? Can history provide guidance for the leaders of a rising generation? What defines the soul of a leader? In The Soul of a Leader , political scientist and cultural commentator Waller R. Newell offers a fascinating perspective on the role of leadership... more...
The Rise and Fall of the House of Bo: Penguin Specials
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableWhen news of the murder trial of prominent Communist Party leader Bo Xilai's wife reached Western attention, it was apparent that, as with many events in the secretive upper echelons of Chinese politics, there was more to the story. Now, as the Party's 18th National Congress oversees the biggest leadership transition in decades, and installs the Bo... more...
Sore Winners
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2005; US$ 14.00Politics and culture, culture and politics. They?ve never been normal in America, but today they?re weirder than ever. Millionaire populists like Bill O?Reilly and Michael Moore dominate a political scene spinning ever further from the real world; meanwhile, we look to bizarre experiments like ?Survivor? for our daily dose of reality. In this wonderfully... more...
Meet the Next President
Pocket Books 2007; US$ 23.00Barack Obama once came close to injecting heroin, but balked when a junkie pulled out the needle and rubber tubing. Obama and Mitt Romney are descended from polygamous great-grandfathers who had five wives apiece. Rudy Giuliani's first wife was his second cousin. Liberal Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was once a conservative Republican "Goldwater... more...
Women and Leadership
Springer Publishing Company 2004; US$ 70.00This book examines women's access to leadership roles and how these roles are perceived in society. It represents one of the first scholarly examinations of the burgeoning field of leadership. Using real-life examples and case studies of prominent women, Dr. Klenke explores the complex interactions between gender, leadership, and culture. Topics... more...
Leadership in a Changing World
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 36.99This book elaborates on leadership dilemmas and solutions within real-life contexts utilizing a _systems_ perspective in which leaders and their followers co-create their mutually interdependent relationships. Included are issues of political, corporate, educational, terrorist, and diplomatic leadership. more...
Power and Responsibility
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 24.95The postWorld War II fabric of global security, designed and maintained by the United States, has dangerously frayed. Built for a different age, current international institutions are ill-equipped to address todays most pressing global security challenges, ranging from climate change and nuclear proliferation to civil strife and terrorism.... more...
Difficult Transitions
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 26.95New presidents have no honeymoon when it comes to foreign policy. Less than three months into his presidency, for example, John F. Kennedy authorized the disastrous effort to overthrow Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs. More recently, George W. Bush had been in office for less than eight months when he was faced with the attacks of September 11. How... more...









