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Book SynopsisWhat is leadership, and why is it so important? In what ways does it look very different in different contexts, and in what ways does it look the same? Malcolm Murfett brings together a range of emerging and established scholars to examine these questions in light of some of the mid-twentieth century's most intriguing national leaders.
In a series of striking biographical chapters, lessons are drawn from the apartheid era in South Africa, Lee's remarkable socio-economic transformation of Singapore, Castro's revolutionary overhauling of Cuba, and the playing out of Bandaranaike's populist agenda in Sri Lanka. The book illuminates what Brezhnev and Nixon were looking for in the Cold War and what happened when the people turned against Nyerere in Tanzania, the Shah in Iran, and Ceausescu in Romania. These case studies address what leadership meant for the individuals whose record in power is being examined. These are not idealised portraits of how to do leadership' but warts-and-
Table of Contents
Foreword 1. "Leadership in Apartheid South Africa: The Impact of Dr. Henrik Verwoerd and B.J. Vorster" 2. "Lee Kuan Yew: From Political Insurgent to National Manager" 3. "Fidel Castro – The Eternal Leader of a Revolution or the Leader of an Eternal Revolution?" 4. "The Unlikely Prime Minister: Rethinking Sirimavo Bandaranaike’s Leadership in a Bipolar Nation and World" 5. "Julius Nyerere: African Leadership as a Moral Project" 6. "Leonid Brezhnev: Rule Through Trust and Care" 7. “Nicolae Ceauşescu: Interpreting a National Stalinist” 8. "The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon" 9. "Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi: A Moderniser Challenged by Islamists and Leftists" Coda
