Contents -- Preface -- 1. Why Leadership Is Still Possible -- 2. Why Leadership Is Still Necessary -- 3. Leadership and Statecraft -- 4. On States -- 5. On Regimes -- 6. Elites and How to Manage Them -- 7. Modern Founders -- 8. Executive Power and Constitutional Democracy -- 9. Democracy Without Leaders -- 10. Autocratic Democracy -- 11. What Goals Leaders Pursue -- 12. What Tools Leaders Have Available -- 13. Administration -- 14. Law -- 15. Education and Culture -- 16. Economics -- 17. Diplomacy -- 18. Force -- 19. Intelligence -- 20. Communication -- 21. On Strategy -- 22. On Crisis Management -- 23. Advice and Decision -- 24. Leadership and Politics -- 25. Why Leadership Depends on the Times -- 26. Exhortation to Preserve Democracy From the Barbarians -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.