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  • von Keith Robbins
    75,00 €

    "Profiles in Power" is a series which focuses on some of the most important leaders in history and how they used their power to influence and change the course of world events. This text focuses on Winston Churchill.

  • von Michael Duffy
    104,00 €

  • von University of Cambridge) Clark & Christopher (St Catherine'S College
    238,00 €

    Kaiser Wilhelm II is one of the key figures in the history of the 20th century. this book explores both the ruler and his times. It covers the entire span of his life, including his years in exile and assesses his personal failings as a ruler.

  • von Katharine (London Metropolitan University Lerman
    238,00 €

    Bismarck was one of the single most important figures in German history. This new Profile evaluates his political career in the light of most recent considerations of his achievement.

  • von Andrew Shennan
    91,00 €

    Part of the "Profiles in Power" series, this text examines the life and achievements of Charles de Gaulle. The text concentrates primarily on de Gaulle's political involvement and aims to present a critical interpretation of his political career in its various dimensions and phases.

  • - The Making of Postwar Japan
    von James Babb
    70,00 €

    Tanaka was a populist Japanese politician. He came from a very humble background in a poor part of the country. He helped shape the political climate of modern Japan, particularly in terms of his corruption and sinister connections with business and organized crime.

  • von Harry Hearder
    91,00 €

    A study of the life, career, beliefs and motives of Cavour, first prime minister of Italy. This was a position which he created, as it did not exist when his career began. Topics covered include the argument that Cavour was more interested in increasing Piedmont's power than in Italian unification.

  • von A.M. Claydon
    71,00 €

    It took a controversial monarch from outside Britain and Ireland to free the country from the chronic instability of Stuart Britain. This new portrait of William III tells us how and why.

  • von R. J. Knecht
    79,00 - 249,00 €

    "Profiles in Power" is a series which focuses on some of the most important leaders in history and how they used their power to influence and change the course of world events. This text focuses on Cardinal Richelieu.

  • von M. S. Anderson
    81,00 €

    An excellent introduction to the formidable life and career of Peter the Great and his impact on Russia. M.S. Anderson assesses his aims and achievements at home and abroad, and examines the pressures and restrictions that shaped his attitudes and limited his actions.

  • von Hugh Brogan
    85,00 €

    This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. To understand Kennedy's aims and achievements in the White House, it looks at Kennedy the man and outlines his background and early career and the influences upon him. Hugh Brogan shows Kennedy as a credible statesman, a man of solid achievement.

  • von Richard Carwardine
    77,00 €

    Leader of the anti-slavery Republican coalition and the wartime Union, Abraham Lincoln has become a model of a particular kind of democratic politician who led rather than followed. Richard J. Carwardine examines Lincoln's rise to power and his achievements as US president.

  • von Geoffrey Swain
    81,00 €

    Presents a fresh look at Trotsky that provides insights into his personality, life, career and political ideas. This biography also offers a fresh interpretation of Trotsky's career, and focuses on Trotksy's years in power: his pre-Revolutionary life, his role during the 1917 revolution and civil war, and his part in constructing the soviet state.

  • von Alexander Lyon Macfie
    104,00 €

    This study examines Ataturk's life from his early military and political career. It includes chapters on the foundation of Turkey's national movement; the civil war; modernization, westernization and reform; and politics, opposition and conspiracy.

  • von Martin Pugh
    81,00 €

    A study of the life, personality and political career of David Lloyd George, which challenges the traditional view of Lloyd George as an outsider in British politics. It aims to combine an account of political, social and economic developments with an appraisal of the individual's role.

  • von Patrick Renshaw
    67,00 €

    Professor Richard Carwardine, St Catherine's College, Oxford; calls this work, a fresh and vividly written account, of Franklin D.Roosevelt's life, covering his early days in one of the nation's oldest and richest families; the effect of the polio that ravaged him in his prime; and the role of his early political career and his 12-year presidency.

  • - Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia
    von Derek Mckay
    88,00 €

    At the time of his death Frederick William's Brandenburg was an absolute monarchy second only to Austria in the German lands. This biography roots him in his own time, a dynastic protestant ruler gifted with toughness and opportunism to overcome the hostility of his local nobles.

  • von Sheelagh M. Ellwood
    76,00 €

    An excellent introduction to Franco's rise to power and his four decades as autocratic head of state in Spain.

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