The subject of Detente, Democracy and Dictatorship has been with us since the breakdown of the Cold ... more

Congress and the American public and to damage countless lives. A new foreword for this edition by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr...... more

Capturing pivotal moments in our nation s history, My Fellow Citizens features the original text of ... more

This series looks at leaders who guided armies to victory and ruled over vast domains. As one empire... more

This series looks at leaders who guided armies to victory and ruled over vast domains. As one empire... more

This series looks at leaders who guided armies to victory and ruled over vast domains. As one empire... more

This series looks at leaders who guided armies to victory and ruled over vast domains. As one empire... more

Roh Moo Hyun, a farm boy from humble beginnings, became president of the Republic of South Korea in ... more

As a schoolboy, Felipe Calderon told his teacher that he wanted to be the president of Mexico one da... more

Part biography, part historical record, this work details the pivotal role King Faisal played in the... more

Offering valuable paper-topic suggestions, clearly outlined strategies on how to write a strong essa... more

At the age of 28, Ehud Olmert became the youngest member of Israel s parliament, the Knesset. Slowly... more

This series looks at the ancient world s leading figures: those who guided armies to victory and rul... more

Over the years, plays, poetry, movies, and television have portrayed Cleopatra as an ambitious woman... more

Born in West Germany but raised in East Germany, Angela Merkel has known both repression and freedom... more

In 2006, Michelle Bachelet made history by becoming the first woman to be elected president of Chile... more

With his election to the Ukrainian presidency, Viktor Yushchenko became a hero throughout the world ... more

For more than 40 years, Jacques Chirac has been at the center of French political life. The Bulldoze... more

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan governs a critical state in the worldwide war on terror. Duri... more

The international oil trade has made Saudi Arabia one of the richest countries in the world, and the... more

Pope John Paul II led the Catholic Church during a time of great upheaval. During his pontificate (1... more

The Russian democratic experiment continues under its third president, Vladimir Putin. This work tra... more

A former rock music promoter and a student of socialist thought at Oxford University, Tony Blair bec... more

- Accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history- Examines each ... more

Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005, replacing the late John Paul II, one of... more

Declared king upon his father s death in 1999, King Abdullah II has become an important liaison betw... more

- Absorbing accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history - Exa... more

An immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1880, the anonymously penned Democracy prompted wide... more

Centering on a conflict between a self-made millionaire and an idealistic reformer in turn-of-the-tw... more