Britannica Guide to the 100 Most Influential World Leaders of All Time
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2010
383 pages
978-1-61530-059-4 (ISBN)
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It takes a great deal of personal strength, charisma, and intelligence to lead others. Some leaders improve the lives of their fellow citizens while others rule with an iron fist, oblivious to the plight of others. This book covers the lives and agendas o
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Content
- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- MOSES
- BUDDHA GOTAMA
- CONFUCIUS
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT
- LIFE
- BEGINNINGS OF THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION
- ASIA MINOR AND THE BATTLE OF ISSUS
- CONQUEST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND EGYPT
- CAMPAIGN EASTWARD, TO CENTRAL ASIA
- INVASION OF INDIA
- CONSOLIDATION OF THE EMPIRE
- ASSESSMENT
- SHIHUANGDI
- JULIUS CAESAR
- LIFE
- THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE AND THE CONQUEST OF GAUL
- THE CIVIL WAR OF 49-45
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- CLEOPATRA
- JESUS CHRIST
- CONSTANTINE I
- ATTILA
- MUHAMMAD
- 'ALI
- CHARLEMAGNE
- LIFE AND REIGN
- ASSESSMENT
- WILLIAM I
- URBAN II
- SALADIN
- CHINGGIS KHAN
- HONGWU
- JOAN OF ARC
- MARTIN LUTHER
- HENRY VIII
- ELIZABETH I
- TOKUGAWA IEYASU
- OLIVER CROMWELL
- LOUIS XIV
- PETER I
- CATHERINE II
- ORIGINS AND EARLY EXPERIENCE
- EARLY YEARS AS EMPRESS
- INFLUENCE OF POTEMKIN
- THE FINAL YEARS
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
- PREREVOLUTIONARY MILITARY CAREER AND LIFE
- REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP
- CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PRESIDENCY
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
- EARLY YEARS AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- AMERICAN IN PARIS
- PARTY POLITICS
- PRESIDENCY
- RETIREMENT
- MAXIMILIEN DE ROBESPIERRE
- NAPOLEON I
- SIMÓN BOLÍVAR
- EARLY YEARS AND INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT
- LIBERATION OF NEW GRANADA
- LIBERATION OF PERU AND THE CREATION OF BOLIVIA
- A LEAGUE OF HISPANIC AMERICAN STATES
- CIVIL WAR
- GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- EARLY LIFE
- THE ROAD TO THE PRESIDENCY
- LEADERSHIP IN WAR
- OTTO VON BISMARCK
- EARLY YEARS AND CAREER
- PRIME MINISTER
- IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR
- FOREIGN POLICY
- DOMESTIC POLICY
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS
- VICTORIA
- ACCESSION TO THE THRONE AND EARLY YEARS OF REIGN
- EARLY LIFE AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
- FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- WIDOWHOOD
- LAST YEARS AND LEGACY
- SITTING BULL
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- THE EARLY YEARS
- THE SQUARE DEAL
- FOREIGN POLICY
- LATER YEARS
- MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI
- EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION IN ENGLAND
- SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST
- EMERGENCE AS LEADER OF NATIONALIST INDIA
- VLADIMIR ILICH LENIN
- EARLY LIFE
- CHALLENGES OF THE REVOLUTION OF 1905 AND WORLD WAR I
- LEADERSHIP IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
- SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
- POLITICAL CAREER BEFORE 1939
- LEADERSHIP DURING WORLD WAR II
- POSTWAR POLITICAL CAREER
- MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH
- EARLY YEARS
- ENTRY INTO POLITICS
- CREATOR OF PAKISTAN
- JOSEPH STALIN
- THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY AND RISE TO POWER
- LENIN'S SUCCESSOR
- ROLE IN WORLD WAR II
- LAST YEARS
- IBN SA'UD
- KEMAL ATATÜRK
- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
- EARLY LIFE AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
- ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND THE PRESIDENCY
- THE FIRST TERM
- THE HUNDRED DAYS
- THE SECOND NEW DEAL
- THE SECOND TERM
- THE THIRD AND FOURTH TERMS
- DECLINING HEALTH AND DEATH
- EAMON DE VALERA
- BENITO MUSSOLINI
- EARLY LIFE
- RISE TO POWER
- DICTATORSHIP
- ROLE IN WORLD WAR II
- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
- DAVID BEN-GURION
- CHIANG KAI-SHEK
- JEAN MONNET AND ROBERT SCHUMAN
- JEAN MONNET
- ROBERT SCHUMAN
- ADOLF HITLER
- EARLY LIFE AND RISE TO POWER
- DICTATOR
- HITLER'S PLACE IN HISTORY
- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
- EARLY YEARS AND INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS
- STRUGGLE FOR INDIAN INDEPENDENCE
- WORLD WAR II AND INDEPENDENCE
- ACHIEVEMENTS AS PRIME MINISTER AND LEGACY
- HO CHI MINH
- EARLY LIFE
- WORLD WAR II AND THE FOUNDING OF THE VIETNAMESE STATE
- THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR
- THE SECOND INDOCHINA WAR
- CHARLES DE GAULLE
- EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER
- WORLD WAR II
- EARLY POLITICAL CAREER
- RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE
- JOSIP BROZ TITO
- EARLY LIFE
- PARTISAN LEADER
- THE CONFLICT WITH STALIN
- THE POLICY OF NONALIGNMENT
- SELF-MANAGEMENT AND DECENTRALIZATION
- RETRENCHMENT OF THE 1970S
- FRANCISCO FRANCO
- LIFE
- FRANCO'S MILITARY REBELLION
- FRANCO'S DICTATORSHIP
- MAO ZEDONG
- EARLY YEARS
- ROAD TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
- GREAT LEAP FORWARD
- CULTURAL REVOLUTION
- JUAN, EVA, AND ISABEL PERÓN
- JUAN PERÓN
- EVA PERÓN
- ISABEL PERÓN
- RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI
- HIROHITO
- SUKARNO
- DENG XIAOPING
- DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD
- KWAME NKRUMAH
- EARLY YEARS
- FROM PRISON TO PRIME MINISTRY
- PRESIDENT OF GHANA AND AFTERWARD
- RONALD W. REAGAN
- EARLY LIFE AND ACTING CAREER
- GOVERNORSHIP OF CALIFORNIA
- ELECTION OF 1980
- PRESIDENCY
- FIRST DAYS
- DOMESTIC POLICIES
- FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- REELECTION AND THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
- RETIREMENT AND DECLINING HEALTH
- KIM IL-SUNG AND KIM JONG IL
- KIM IL-SUNG
- KIM JONG IL
- RICHARD M. NIXON
- EARLY LIFE AND CONGRESSIONAL CAREER
- VICE PRESIDENCY
- ELECTION OF 1960
- PRESIDENCY
- DOMESTIC POLICIES
- FOREIGN AFFAIRS
- REELECTION AND WATERGATE
- RETIREMENT AND DEATH
- MENACHEM BEGIN
- WILLY BRANDT
- AUGUSTO PINOCHET
- INDIRA GANDHI
- NELSON MANDELA
- ANWAR EL-SADAT
- PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU
- JOHN PAUL II
- JULIUS NYERERE
- JIMMY CARTER
- POL POT
- MARGARET THATCHER
- EARLY YEARS
- PRIME MINISTER
- LATER YEARS
- FIDEL CASTRO
- CHE GUEVARA
- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
- EARLY YEARS
- THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
- THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
- THE LETTER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL
- CHALLENGES OF THE FINAL YEARS
- YASIR 'ARAFAT
- HELMUT KOHL
- MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
- DALAI LAMA XIV
- LIFE IN TIBET
- LIFE IN EXILE
- VÁCLAV HAVEL
- SADDAM HUSSEIN
- KOFI ANNAN
- MUAMMAR AL-QADDAFI
- LECH WALESA
- AUNG SAN SUU KYI
- VLADIMIR PUTIN
- BENAZIR BHUTTO
- HUGO CHÁVEZ
- OSAMA BIN LADEN
- BARACK OBAMA
- GLOSSARY
- FOR FURTHER READING
- INDEX
- BACK COVER
