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The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders. Olof Palme, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Indira Gandhi.
L Derfler
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Description for The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders. Olof Palme, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Indira Gandhi.
paperback. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Olof Palme (Sweden), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), and Indira Gandhi (India) achieved the pinnacle of political power, fell from or relinquished power, and then, after a period in the political wilderness, regained it. By placing greater emphasis than that customarily accorded by biographers on the "interment" that followed their "fall" and preceded their "resurrection," the book describes how what they did, the lessons they learned, and the mistakes made by their successors facilitated their reentry.
Olof Palme (Sweden), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), and Indira Gandhi (India) achieved the pinnacle of political power, fell from or relinquished power, and then, after a period in the political wilderness, regained it. By placing greater emphasis than that customarily accorded by biographers on the "interment" that followed their "fall" and preceded their "resurrection," the book describes how what they did, the lessons they learned, and the mistakes made by their successors facilitated their reentry.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349290512
SKU
V9781349290512
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About L Derfler
LESLIE DERFLER is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University, USA.
Reviews for The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders. Olof Palme, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Indira Gandhi.
"This is an intriguing and ambitious project. A comparison of eight political careers that share a common pattern of attaining power and then returning after a time out of power in which the actors gain perspective on their exercise of power and the problems they confronted in implementing policy, offers an opportunity to make comparisons across divides of nation-state and ... Read more