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Personality and Power

Ian Kershaw

From Shelf: Books published w/c 26th Sept 2022

One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.Ian Kershaw's new book is a compelling, lucid and challenging attempt to understand these rulers, whether operating on the widest stage (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini) or with a more national impact (Tito, Franco). What was it about these leaders and the times they lived in that allowed them such untrammelled and murderous power? And what brought that era to an end? In a contrasting group of profiles, from Churchill to de Gaulle, Adenauer to Gorbachev, and Thatcher to Kohl, Kershaw uses his exceptional skills to think through how other, strikingly different figures wielded power.

Format:
Hardback
Pages:
512
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780241532416
Published Date:
29/9/2022
Dimensions:
240mm x 162mm x 38mm
Weight:
714g
Category:
European history

RRP: £30

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9780241532416


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