Showing results for "1929" in Politics & Government

There are many intellectual biographies of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, but until now none has sought to reveal the personality of the man. They will tell you what he thought or what he wrote, but remain silent about who he actually was, his inner struggles, how he felt. They give information about...

The first of two biographical volumes, Professor Robert C. Tucker covers Stalin's life from his first revolutionary years until the end of the 1920s. This important period of his life is the key to understanding how a dictator is formed and how his cruel totalitarian regime was born. With an in-depth analysis of Stalin's personality and beliefs - set against a historical examination of Soviet society - this captivating book helps us to understand how and why Stalinism occurred.

Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America’s thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. In this riveting biography, Shlaes traces Coolidge’s improbable...

Refusant résolument, je le cite : "Le contraste entre le faste des uns et le dénuement des autres, entre le labeur accablant et la paresse insolente", Léon Blum s'engagea tardivement mais résolument dans l'arène politique. Mu par une conscience aiguë de l'égalité, naturelle entre les hommes, et révolté par l'inégalité, sociale, existant néanmoins entre eux, il mit ainsi son talent littéraire et son art oratoire au service de son idéal socialiste.