| Contents: |
Preface -- Hunting the high impact leader -- Enter the presidents -- "It is the whole colony" : Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase -- "The best of us" : Lincoln and the Civil War -- "We can always depend on Mr. Wilson" : Wilson, the Senate, and the Treaty of Versailles -- "Crashed into ruins" : Chamberlain and appeasement -- "We shall never surrender" : Churchill and the choice to fight -- Beyond politics -- The royal navy, business, and non-normal science -- The tragedy and potential triumph of leadership -- Notes -- Index. |
