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What is leadership and why is it so important? In what ways does it look very different in different contexts, and in what ways does it look the same? Malcolm Murfett brings together a range of emerging and established scholars to examine these questions in light of some of the mid-20th Century's most intriguing national leaders.
List of contents
Foreword 1. "Leadership in Apartheid South Africa: The Impact of Dr. Henrik Verwoerd and B.J. Vorster" 2. "Lee Kuan Yew: From Political Insurgent to National Manager" 3. "Fidel Castro - The Eternal Leader of a Revolution or the Leader of an Eternal Revolution?" 4. "The Unlikely Prime Minister: Rethinking Sirimavo Bandaranaike's Leadership in a Bipolar Nation and World" 5. "Julius Nyerere: African Leadership as a Moral Project" 6. "Leonid Brezhnev: Rule Through Trust and Care" 7. "Nicolae Ceaüescu: Interpreting a National Stalinist" 8. "The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon" 9. "Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi: A Moderniser Challenged by Islamists and Leftists" Coda
About the author
Malcolm Murfett is Visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. A historian of the contemporary world with over a dozen books to his name, Malcolm is also Associate Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Series Editor of Cold War in Asia.
Summary
What is leadership and why is it so important? In what ways does it look very different in different contexts, and in what ways does it look the same? Malcolm Murfett brings together a range of emerging and established scholars to examine these questions in light of some of the mid-20th Century’s most intriguing national leaders.
