Statesmen Who Changed the World: A Bio-Bibliographical Dictionary of Diplomacy

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"Statesmen Who Changed the World" aims to provide essays on more than 70 statesmen of the Western world, those who changed the world in which they lived. Each essay begins with a thorough biographical sketch covering the subject's life and career with particular emphasis on his or her involvement in international affairs. Each essay also provides a bibliographical essay, describing the available archival materials, works written by and about the subject, and the most recent scholarship. It concludes with a bibliographical checklist. Appendixes include glossaries of terms and a listing of heads of state.

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. . . the coverage of Statesmen Who Changed the World is comprehensive, and the treatments, on the whole, are balanced. Its key strength may lie in its singling out for attention lesser-known statesmen for beginning historians and other scholars. It is an appropriate selection for university and other research libraries.-Reference Books Bulletin
." . . the coverage of Statesmen Who Changed the World is comprehensive, and the treatments, on the whole, are balanced. Its key strength may lie in its singling out for attention lesser-known statesmen for beginning historians and other scholars. It is an appropriate selection for university and other research libraries."-Reference Books Bulletin

Author Bio

FRANK W. THACKERAY is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast and the author of Antecedents of Revolution: Alexander I and the Polish Congress Kingdom, 1815-1825 (1980). JOHN E. FINDLING is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast./e His most recent books include a Historical Dictionary of World Fairs and Expositions, 1857-1988 (Greenwood, 1990) and Dictionary of American Diplomatic History, second edition (Greenwood, 1989).