Biography & Autobiography - Political

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

The Rough Riders and Men of Action is a book written by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. The book is a collection of essays about the men who fought alongside Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War, particularly the Rough Riders, a...

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Author: Sam TanenhausISBN-10: 0375751459ISBN-13: 9780375751455Publisher: Random House Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/1998Pages: 656Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.79lbsSize: 9.18h x 6.16w x 1.28dAward: L.A. Times Book Prize - WinnerReview Citation(s): New York Times 07/05/1998 pg. 20Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 47

This collection of essays by Paul Preston, the preeminent historian of modern Spain, falls broadly into three parts. The book's title reflects the first three chapters that deal with the hypocrisy and prejudice of British foreign policy towards the Spanish Republic, greatly influenced by...

Red Lives: Our Years in the US Communist Party (1950-2000) is the first collection of historical analyses and reminiscences by members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and the Communist youth movement in the US from the 1950s through the 1990s. The nearly fifty...

"Bill Haywood's Book: " is the powerful and gritty autobiography of William D. "Big Bill" Haywood, one of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of the American labor movement. As a founding member and leader of the Industrial Workers of the...

How does the son of Canadian immigrants become a two-time Cabinet Secretary under President Ronald Reagan? Donald P. Hodel never expected to reach the heights of power-- yet at every turn, service called. From young Republican activist to Secretary of Energy and Secretary of...

Josip Broz (1892-1980), nicknamed Tito, led Yugoslavia for nearly four decades with charisma, cunning, and an iron fist. A leader of the non-aligned nations, he and his Partisans fought Hitler during World War II and resisted the Soviet Union's postwar grasp, and he long...

The untold story of how Henry Kissinger spent five decades shaping his legacy--and the institutions that helped him do it. Nearly fifty years after leaving public office, Henry Kissinger remained one of the most admired--and controversial--figures in American public life. Super K reveals how...

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. Included in this fourth volume are biographies and grave information for...

From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The End of History and the Last Man and other books on the most important political questions of our time, comes a strikingly personal intellectual memoir. Francis Fukuyama, a leading public intellectual, is well-known for his...

The first biography of Hans Morgenthau, the pioneering political philosopher who escaped Nazi Germany and pioneered the approach to international relations--realism--that guided the United States through the Cold War and explains today's world "International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power." Hans...

The story of a power struggle that dominated Florida politics for decadesThe power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the mid-twentieth century impacted the future of Florida. This lively account of their interlocking careers--both dominated by a personal quest for power, money,...

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East. Yet its co-creator, Sir Mark Sykes, had far more involvement in British Middle East strategy during World War I than the Agreement for which he is now...

This biography examines the life and career of Samuel Johnston, who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789. Johnston was a key figure in North Carolina during a critical period of American history. This book details his contributions to the state's...

The Life of John Jay, Volume I, penned by his son William Jay, offers an intimate and comprehensive portrait of one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. This meticulously researched biography delves into the formative years and early career of John Jay, exploring his...

As a witness, and at many times participant, in the sphere of legislative government, the author presents his testimony on the accomplishments of regular order of a previous time and the shift to the current lack of collaboration, highlighting the need to return to...

My Journey in Politics: Practical Lessons in Leadership shares the author's journey in Singapore politics from 1991 to 2011. Tracing what he and different groups of people he worked with across the government ministries and agencies, grassroots organisations and charitable groups -- both volunteers...

Reelected because "he kept us out of war," President Wilson went to war "to make the world safe for democracy." A man of Calvinist fervor, intellectual conceit, obstinacy and naivete, he ultimately assisted British imperialism, French chauvinism and Japanese nationalism. If a single person...

This book aims to reflect on the experiential side of writing political lives in the Pacific region. The collection touches on aspects of the life writing art that are particularly pertinent to political figures: public perception and ideology; identifying important political successes and policy...

John Docker grew up in Bondi, the son of Communist parents, his mother Jewish from the East End of London and his father of Irish descent. His Bondi is not the site of sunny mindlessness but rather a place of intense immigrant and political...

This book examines the role of one of the most charismatic leaders of the opposition to the Nazis within Germany. Adam von Trott zu Solz was a boy when Germany was defeated militarily in 1918 and in his youth witnessed its economic collapse. He...

A smart and revealing political memoir from a rising star of the Democratic Party. "In life and in politics, the most important work is often that which happens outside the wire." Going "outside the wire" -- military lingo for leaving the safety of a...

A wave of revolution swept across the United States in the sixties and the seventies. And across California, Cesar Chavez sparked the Chicano civil rights movement in the barrio, giving prominence to new leaders, new voices, and new demands for freedom from injustice and...

Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution...

"There are all kinds of reasons why people fail to fulfill their potential. Perhaps they lack opportunity, perhaps they lack support, perhaps they lack tools or training or education. But everyone has potential. This I know. Our Founders knew it too. They had the...

This biography of Sir Guy Carleton was first published in the famous Makers of Canada series in 1907, and re-issued in 1926 with supplementary notes incorporating later research by A.L. Burt. When it first appeared it was reviewed by William Wood, who described it...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

Barack Obama's story inspired a nation, but you've never seen it told like this! Pick up this wildly entertaining and factual look at the life of our 44th president. Then read about the newest 1st Lady, Michelle Obama. A mother, political force, and now...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Genealogy Of The Bridgman Family: Descendants Of James Bridgman, 1636-1894 (1894) is a historical book written by Burt Nichols Bridgman. The book is a comprehensive account of the Bridgman family lineage, tracing its roots back to James Bridgman who lived in the year 1636....

Congressional Reminiscences, Adams, Benton, Calhoun, Clay, and Webster: An Address (1882) is a historical work by author John Wentworth. The book is a compilation of personal recollections and anecdotes about five prominent American politicians who served in the United States Congress during the 19th...

The Real Colonel House is a biography of Edward Mandell House, an influential political advisor to President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Written by Arthur D. Howden Smith, the book explores House's life and career, including his upbringing in Texas, his rise to...

"Stories and Sketches of William O. Bradley" offers a collection of anecdotes and biographical sketches illuminating the life and career of William O'Connell Bradley (1847-1914), a prominent figure in Kentucky politics. Bradley served as the 32nd Governor of Kentucky and as a United States...

An up-close look at John F. Kennedy by one of his closest confidants, a New York Times-bestselling biographerWritten by a prize-winning historian and biographer of such giants as Winston S. Churchill and Douglas MacArthur, this intimately detailed account provides a rare personal glimpse into...

Veteran journalist and author Sherry Robinson presents readers with the first full biography of New Mexico's first territorial governor, James Silas Calhoun.Author: Sherry RobinsonISBN-10: 0826363059ISBN-13: 9780826363053Publisher: Unm PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2021Pages: 376Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 9.20h x 8.00w x 1.20d

For Secretary of State Henry Clay and the Adams administration, 1827 is a year of crisis. Turbulent relations with Latin America are marked by the seizure of American trading vessels off Montevideo. Border strife with Britain threatens in northern Maine, while American retaliation for...

The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented social restructuring that disrupted traditional notions of people and place, country and city, private and public spheres. The break with the old order and the entry into the industrial age was most dramatically played out in France, with...

Confessing that he may be acting "with more boldness than wisdom," Jefferson in November 1803 drafts a bill to create Orleans Territory, which he entrusts to John Breckinridge for introduction in the Senate. The administration sends stock certificates to France in payment for Louisiana....

This book critically examines the debate on Martin Heidegger's concept of Entscheidung ("decision") and his engagement and confrontation with Nazism in terms of his broader philosophical thought, along with its connection to his understanding of individual "fate" and national (and European) "destiny". Author: Norman...

Author: Donna ChaffeeISBN-13: 9798894410593Publisher: Library Tales PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2026Pages: 324Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbs

The life story of the father of the most powerful elected leader in the world is an epic tale, one as daring as it was improbable.The father of the U.S. president, the first Barack Hussein Obama, was born in rural poverty in Kenya. His...

A two-volume history of the French ruling class during the later 16th Century and ending with the French Wars of Religion, focusing on the internal relationships of the various court factions, and factions of French society as a whole (e. g., the Hugenots), but...

Combining biography with regional and national history, Dan T. Carter chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of George Wallace, a populist who abandoned his ideals to become a national symbol of racism, and later begged for forgiveness. In The Politics of Rage, Carter argues...

The story of Artemisia, queen of the Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, that reveals a version of antiquity in which women played a crucial roleHerodotus's listeners never doubted that Artemisia I of Caria had commanded a fleet in the naval Battle of Salamis. After all,...

What if the most powerful weapon of the Third Reich was not the army, nor the secret police, but a voice?In The Prophet of Hitler, Joseph Goebbels emerges not merely as a minister of propaganda, but as the chief architect of a modern political...