Biography & Autobiography - Political

Author: Matthew StrandmarkISBN-10: 0813198410ISBN-13: 9780813198415Publisher: University Press of KentuckyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2023Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d

From one of America's longest-serving foreign correspondents, a biography of France's controversial politician and statesman. The first major biography of Charles de Gaulle written from an American perspective, this book offers a compelling assessment of the French army officer, politician, and statesman. Author Don...

"A remarkable, never disclosed story..." Peter Hennessy"A must-read book for those interested in a personal drama at the frontline of international relations"Dr Calder Walton, author & historian"A rare look behind the scenes of British intelligence... this story is not only well-told but also true"...

The BIAFRAN WAR (1967-1970) remembered over half a century laterSTERN Magazine - The Black Scorpion: "we will aim at everything - even if it is not moving"TV Presenter Juliette Foster: "an intense, emotional memoir. Black Gold Black Scorpion couldn't be timelier. George S Boughton...

I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky. The head...

Revolutionary War officer, co-author of the Federalist Papers, our first Treasury Secretary, Thomas Jefferson's nemesis, and victim of a fatal duel with Aaron Burr: Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the...

As he took charge of his city's response to the 9/11 attacks, New York City's mayor Rudy Giuliani became the most admired man in America, and perhaps the world. Featuring interviews with longtime political associates, teachers, prot g es, and friends, as well as...

Robert Kennedy's role in American politics during the 1960s was pivotal yet has defied attempts to define it. He was a junior senator from New York, but he was also much more. The public perceived him as possessing the intangible qualities of his brother,...

A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny-- lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war crusader. THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one...

This book is a comparative exploration of the impact of a celebrated Chinese historical novel, the Sanguozhi yanyi (Three Kingdoms) on the popular culture of Korea since its dissemination in the sixteenth century. It elucidates not only the reception of Chinese fiction in Chosŏn...

Musings Series 1 Musings Series 2George Yeo: Musings (In 3 Volumes) available as a set hereOver sessions which lasted two to three hours each time, every week for half a year, George Yeo met and mused over a wide range of topics with writer...

InAn Irishman Abroad, Tarka King recalls his feral youth on the periphery of the Anglo-Irish world, his brief UK public school education and a period of extensive travel, followed by a period of soldiering in the Middle East at the height of the Cold...

The New York Times bestselling author of Hoax--"[a] rare look inside the profoundly influential" (The New Republic) Fox News--returns with an even more explosive account of the network's blatant attempts to manipulate the truth, mislead the public, and influence our elections.Following Joe Biden's unequivocal...

She Dared to Succeed (in French, Elle a osé réussir), delves into the life of a woman who, for more than 30 years, broke multiple glass ceilings in the Canadian media and political worlds. Well-known in the broadcasting industry, she was propelled to the...

In this meticulously researched book, you'll explore the critical moments that shaped Feinstein's career, from her early days as a local politician to her historic tenure as the first female Mayor of San Francisco and her impressive term as a United States Senator.Uncover the...

Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith C. Mitchell holds the distinct honor of being the longest serving Prime Minister of Grenada. While most people know him through what is reported by the media, few know the full measure of the man.Former Amb. Denis G. Antoine...

Hailed as one of Boston's most beloved mayors and its longest serving, Thomas Menino (1942-2014) deftly managed the city's finances and transformed Boston into the hub of innovation that it is today. During his time in office, Boston embraced modern industrial growth and moved...

Read by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution--leading to the violent attack on our...

As a foreign minister and chancellor of Weimar Germany, Gustav Stresemann is a familiar figure for students of German history - one who, for many, embodied the best qualities of German interwar liberalism. However, a more nuanced and ambivalent picture emerges in this award-winning...

Author: Albert J. BeveridgeISBN-10: 1587980495ISBN-13: 9781587980497Publisher: Beard BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2000Pages: 696Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.15lbsSize: 8.55h x 5.61w x 1.75d

Cecil Rhodes is a classic English political biography by Princess Catherine Radziwill. Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 - 26 March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in South Africa, who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from...

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...

From the chaos of The Jerry Springer Show to the corridors of political power, Jerry Springer's life has been a rollercoaster of ride of success, controversy, and personal challenges.In this captivating biography, dive into the behind the scenes world of one of America's most...

THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE BIOGRAPHY OF INDIA'S CURRENT PRIME MINISTEROn 26 December 2012, Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the fourth time, to extend his record tenure in office. Even then, his name prompted extremes of hate-filled anger or...

Presently, he's looking to expand that empire into the realm of united states politics and-despite insurmountable odds-he's already toppled a cabaret of career politicians to become the republican presidential nominee for the 2016 election.So how does he do it, the absolute mad man? This...

Written by the author of the legendary 1992 expose of Bush the elder, this book works from a New Deal point of view. Obama is exposed as a foundation operative and agent of Wall Street finance capital, controlled by Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Soros, and...

Ernest Vandiver was elected governor of the state of Georgia in 1958 on a platform of fiscal conservatism and steadfast resistance to desegregation. Having vowed to defend Georgia's segregated social system at all costs, Vandiver nevertheless concluded that the state could not close its...

Aileen and Roy is the story of the author's parents: Roy Cochran, who rose from a sod house on a hardscrabble farm in western Nebraska to the state house in Lincoln as governor, and Aileen Gantt Cochran, a pioneer teacher and superintendent of schools...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most important prime minister, is the man who made Confederation happen, who built this country over the next quarter century, and who shaped what it is today. From Confederation Day in 1867, where this volume...

In Hiding is the spellbinding story of a man who spent thirty years holed up in his own home to escape execution. Manuel Cort s was a Socialist Party member, an activist in the Republic's land reform movement, and an organizer in the farm...

*Includes pictures *Includes Long's own quotes about his career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "For the present you can just call me the Kingfish." - Huey Long, 1933 The late 19th and early 20th centuries...

Author: Themba NzimandeISBN-10: 1456880691ISBN-13: 9781456880699Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/08/2011Pages: 244Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Donald Barr Chidsey's classic work discusses the ideological conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton and its effect on the development of the newly created United States of America. Author: Donald Barr ChidseyISBN-10: 1479432121ISBN-13: 9781479432127Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2022Pages: 206Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Daniel Gookin was a pioneering settler who resided in Virginia and Massachusetts, taking an interest in and writing about the Native Americans, toward whom he felt sympathy.Born in County Cork, Ireland, Gookin moved to his father's plantation in Virginia when he was aged only...

From the backbreaking work of picking cotton in the hot Arkansas sun, the daughter of a poor sharecropper, to the dressmaker for the First Lady of the United States, Martha Dixon's story is uniquely American. Starting with nothing but an entrepreneurial drive, Ms. Dixon...

"Frank Carlucci is living proof to all of us and to the world that 'only in America' is more than just an easy cliché it's a great ringing truth." --President Ronald Reagan Once called "Washington's ultimate survivor" by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci...

Hunting Nukes uniquely describes how intelligence should work to inform and direct diplomacy to the advantage of both the United States and the world. Lawless's focus is on intelligence and diplomatic personnel and the need for these indispensable professionals to have the will and...

A personal account of the life of a prominent British diplomat and politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Hugh Elliot played a key role in British diplomacy during the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, and this memoir provides valuable insights into his...

A tribute to the life and achievements of Christopher Gore, a prominent 18th and 19th century lawyer, politician, and statesman from Massachusetts, featuring personal correspondence and anecdotes from friends and colleagues.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...

Discover the Untold Stories of America's Founding Fathers - A Comprehensive Book Bundle���� Are you fascinated by the birth of the United States and the visionary individuals who shaped its destiny?���� Do you crave a deeper understanding of the challenges, triumphs, and complexities that...

In this "gripping . . . spectacular piece of reporting" (Ken Burns), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines Senator Frank Church, the man at the center of numerous investigations into the abuses of power within the American government. ​ For decades now, America's national security...

Paul Preston, the author of the definitive biography Franco, explores the political and personal mysteries of the Spanish monarch's life in Juan Carlos, a story of unprecedented sweep and exquisite detail. Handed over to the Franco regime as a young boy, Juan Carlos was...

This volume combines 24 essays by a remarkable group of leading Canadian political scientists. Covering such topics as regionalism, the role of the state in Canadian life, bilingualism, the constitution and the charter of rights, communications policy and the role of the media in...

Andrei Sakharov holds an honored place in the pantheon of the world's greatest scientists, reformers, and champions of human rights. But his embrace of human rights did not come through a sudden conversion; he came to it in stages. Drawing from a 2014 Hoover...

John T. Flynn, a prolific writer, columnist for the New Republic, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly, radio commentator, and political activist, was described by the New York Times in 1964 as "a man of wide-ranging contradictions." In this new biography of Flynn, John E....

The 2012 race for the White House is racing along at full tilt. Mitt Romney is widely assumed to be the front-runner for the Republican nominee. Question is, can he hold the lead? Ron Scott provides the first independent (unauthorized) biographical profile of the...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Canada's foremost authors and journalists, offers a gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated...

Rick Biesada picks up where the mundane Clinton biographers left off? or were too timid to delve into. He pulls no punches in this scholarly review of his encounter with Hillary, where he worked as a bar bouncer.Author: Rick BiesadaISBN-10: 0759652848ISBN-13: 9780759652842Publisher: 1st Book...

Probing the Ulyanov family archives, historian Philip Pomper uncovers Alexander's transformation from ascetic student to terrorist, and the impact his fate had on Lenin. Vividly portraying the psychological dynamics of a family that would change history, Lenin's Brother is a perspective-changing glimpse into Lenin's...

"I have learned what suffering means. In away that was impossible, I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure. I know I contributed to that pain, and I can only ask your forgiveness." George Wallace made an...