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Heads of state

Mikhail Gorbachev

This book presents eighteen articles on the life and political career of Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the USSR from 1985 to 1991.

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Mao Tse-tung

Hugh Purcell

A biography of a modern Chinese leader emphasizing his character and leadership qualities.

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MAO

Simon Bolivar

Dennis Wepman

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BOL

Julius Caesar

Roger Bruns

A biography of the Roman general and statesman whose brillant military leadership helped make Rome the center of a vast empire.

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CAE

Deng Xiaoping

Wendy Lubetkin

A biography of the Chinese leader who lost all his offices during the Chinese Cultural Revolution but later returned to power and recently retired from the Central Committee to the Communist Party.

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XIA

Corazon Aquino

Howard Chua-Eoan

A biography of the woman who rose to political prominence after the death of her husband and was elected president of the Philippines in 1986.

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AQU

Joseph Stalin

Dorothy Hoobler

The life story of the revolutionary who became leader of Communist Russia.

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STA

Stalin

Albert Marrin

An account of the life of the man who shaped the Soviet Union, from pre-revolutionary Russia to its evolution as a superpower and the descent of the "Iron Curtain.".

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STA

Leaders of the Middle East

James Haskins

Presents biographical information on nine men who have been in leadership positions in the Middle Eastern countries.

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