Rich political analyses by recognized scholars from 15 countries of 71 European leaders and the significant roles that they have played at critical times since 1945.
Preface Introduction Konrad Adenauer Giulio Andreotti Clement Attlee Baudoin I Enrico Berlinger and Bettino Craxi Willy Brandt Gro Harlem Bruntland Santiago Carrillo Jacques Chirac André Cools Alcide De Gaspari Charles de Gaulle Eaman de Valera Michel Debré Joop den Uyl Willem Drees Ludwig Erhard Tage Erlander Thorbjörn Fälldin Garret FitzGerald Harilaos Florakis Francisco Franco Hans-Dietrich Genscher Einar Gerhardsen Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Felipe González Jörg Haider Charles Haughey Erich Honecker John XXIII Juan Carlos I Konstantinos Karamanlis Urho Kekkonen Petra Kelly Neil Kinnock Helmut Kohl Jens Otto Krag Bruno Kreisky Jean-Marie Le Pen Sean Lemass Ruud Lubbers Joseph Luns Harold Macmillan Georges Marchais Wilfried Martens Pierre Mendès-France Konstantinos Mitsotakis Francois Mitterrand Gustav Möller Aldo Moro Juho Kusti Paasikivi Olof Palme Andreas Papandreou George Papandreou Julius Raab Karl Renner Michel Rocard Oliveira Salazar Poul Schlütter Helmut Schmidt Mario Soares Paul Henri Spaak Franz-Joseph Straub Dirk U. Stikker Adolf Suárez Margaret Thatcher Leo Tindemanns Palmiro Togliatti Franz Vranitzky Kare Willoch Harold Wilson Notes on Contributors
DAVID WILSFORD is President and Professor at the Institute for American Universities in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is the author of Doctors and the State (1991) and many articles on industrial and social policies in the advanced industrial democracies. Wilsford is currently working on a forthcoming book, The Comparative Economy of Health Care.
.,."an excellent first stop for anyone seeking basic information on
top-level political leaders in Western Europe since
1945."-Choice
.,."prepared by scholars for students and professionals in
political science. The alphabetically arranged entries analyze 71
representative leaders from 15 countries who have played
significant roles in Western Europe since 1945. The full index, the
listing of subjects by country, and the chronology are helpful as
is the prefatory essay on leaders and leadership. Information on a
few of the subjects (Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher) is easy
to find elsewhere, but leaders from some countries are not covered
in standard reference sources. Recommended for academic and large
public libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?...an excellent first stop for anyone seeking basic information on
top-level political leaders in Western Europe since
1945.?-Choice
?...prepared by scholars for students and professionals in
political science. The alphabetically arranged entries analyze 71
representative leaders from 15 countries who have played
significant roles in Western Europe since 1945. The full index, the
listing of subjects by country, and the chronology are helpful as
is the prefatory essay on leaders and leadership. Information on a
few of the subjects (Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher) is easy
to find elsewhere, but leaders from some countries are not covered
in standard reference sources. Recommended for academic and large
public libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?It will serve as a most useful, even indispensable, guide for
scholars, journalists, speech writers and students alike. The
editor....has accomplished the remarkable task of bringing
coherence, depth and consistency to these numerous essays - not an
easy task. This book, which is both conscise and reliable, is very
likely to become a lasting classic for references libraries and all
students of Western Europe.?-European Studies Journal
?This work should be purchased by research libraries with the
relevant client intrests and other large libraries...?- ARBA
..."an excellent first stop for anyone seeking basic information on
top-level political leaders in Western Europe since
1945."-Choice
"It will serve as a most useful, even indispensable, guide for
scholars, journalists, speech writers and students alike. The
editor....has accomplished the remarkable task of bringing
coherence, depth and consistency to these numerous essays - not an
easy task. This book, which is both conscise and reliable, is very
likely to become a lasting classic for references libraries and all
students of Western Europe."-European Studies Journal
"This work should be purchased by research libraries with the
relevant client intrests and other large libraries..."- ARBA
..."prepared by scholars for students and professionals in
political science. The alphabetically arranged entries analyze 71
representative leaders from 15 countries who have played
significant roles in Western Europe since 1945. The full index, the
listing of subjects by country, and the chronology are helpful as
is the prefatory essay on leaders and leadership. Information on a
few of the subjects (Harold Macmillan, Margaret Thatcher) is easy
to find elsewhere, but leaders from some countries are not covered
in standard reference sources. Recommended for academic and large
public libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
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