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Leadership is essential to collective human endeavor, from setting and accomplishing goals for a neighborhood block association, to running a Fortune 500 company, to mobilizing the energies of a nation. Political philosophers have focused largely on how to prevent leaders from abusing their power, yet little attention has been paid to what it actua

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All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations--exacerbated by expectations of the presidency and the inadequacy of explicit powers in the Con

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All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations--exacerbated by expectations of the presidency and the inadequacy of explicit powers in the Con

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A fascinating and insightful examination of Trump's peculiar relationship with the Christian right.

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So far, Paul Keating is the only Australian Prime Minister to provide star material for a musical comedy. Even before he became Prime Minister, Keating had made a name for himself as someone who could dominate Parliament with his rapid and cutting ripostes. Brian Carroll has found and arranged enough of Keating's utterances to keep you chuckling.

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Joyce Gould's memoirs take us through eighty years of political and social change, identifying her role as part of that change.

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Focuses on the big names of state and territory, Labor politics: Carr, Beattie, Bracks, Rann, Gallop, Martin, Stanhope and Bacon/Lennon. This book includes a chapter on each state or territory, and in each case focuses on the leader who has led their party to power.

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When the fate of the nation is in your hands, who do you call

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This landmark book re-establishes Lyons as one of Australias most capable and popular leaders and reminds us of why he was the first Australian prime minister to win and survive three consecutive elections. Joe Lyons led Australia through the financial crisis of the 1930s up to the eve of World War II. He died in office on 7 April 1939.

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In this well-rounded, deeply-investigated biography, the first full look at the vice president, two award-winning journalists unmask the real Mike Pence.

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Originally published in German in 2019 by Bohlau Verlag, Koln, as "Leonid Breschnew, Staatsmann und Schauspieler im Schatten Stalins: Eine Biographie."

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In this riotously entertaining collection of true stories from Westminster and beyond are tales of such political ineptitude, scandal, blunder and impropriety to make even the most gaffe-prone minister blush.

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Reveals the extraordinary convergence of worldviews of two fellow internationalists, former Australian Prime Minister JB Chifley and Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Both believed in the need to adjust to a changing post-colonial world, their support for the United Nations, and their anti-war attitudes.

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Bob Woodward's second global bestseller on the Trump presidency, based on in-depth research and interviews with the president

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Britain's first female, and probably most divisive prime minister, and the thinking that guided her

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This irreverent, controversial account is a ground-breaking, in-depth profile that traces Rudd's years in Queensland, in China, in opposition and finally in government. Based on extensive research, observation and interviewing, it examines the forces that have made Kevin Rudd and the way he wields his power.

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Malcolm Turnbull has quite a job ahead of him as leader of the Liberal Party. How is he going so far What can we expect in the years ahead This is a scintillating look at Turnbull and the Liberals in opposition. It is based on extensive interviews with and observation of Turnbull, who emerges as a fascinating, aggressive, humorous character.

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In the aftermath of the 2010 election, Megalogenis considers what has happened to politics in Australia. He dissects the cycle of polls, focus groups and presidential politics and explores what it has done to the prospect of serious, difficult reform and the style of our leaders. He argues that politics-as-usual has become a self-defeating game.