Paul Maylam Enlightened Rule (Paperback)

Further Details\n\nTitle: Enlightened Rule\nCondition: New\n Author: Paul Maylam\nEAN: 9783034302715\nISBN: 9783034302715\nFormat: Paperback\nCountry/Region of Manufacture: CH\nSubtitle: Portraits of Six Exceptional Twentieth Century Premiers\nPublisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften\nType: Paperback\nItem Weight: 450g\nGenre: History\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social Sciences, Law & Politics, Society & Culture\nItem Height: 225mm\nItem Length: 150mm\nRelease Date: 18/02/2011\nRelease Year: 2011\nDescription: The twentieth century has been called an \u2018age of catastrophe\u2019, characterized by devastating wars and a general poverty of leadership at government level. This book, written in a more optimistic vein, offers biographical essays on six twentieth century heads of government \u2013 three from Latin America, and one each from Africa, Asia and Europe \u2013 who were exceptions to the norm. During their terms of office each displayed admirab.