BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- MOSES -- BUDDHA GOTAMA -- CONFUCIUS -- ALEXANDER THE GREAT -- LIFE -- BEGINNINGS OF THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION -- ASIA MINOR AND THE BATTLE OF ISSUS -- CONQUEST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST AND EGYPT -- CAMPAIGN EASTWARD, TO CENTRAL ASIA -- INVASION OF INDIA -- CONSOLIDATION OF THE EMPIRE -- ASSESSMENT -- SHIHUANGDI -- JULIUS CAESAR -- LIFE -- THE FIRST TRIUMVIRATE AND THE CONQUEST OF GAUL -- THE CIVIL WAR OF 49-45 -- ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- CLEOPATRA -- JESUS CHRIST -- CONSTANTINE I -- ATTILA -- MUHAMMAD -- 'ALI -- CHARLEMAGNE -- LIFE AND REIGN -- ASSESSMENT -- WILLIAM I -- URBAN II -- SALADIN -- CHINGGIS KHAN -- HONGWU -- JOAN OF ARC -- MARTIN LUTHER -- HENRY VIII -- ELIZABETH I -- TOKUGAWA IEYASU -- OLIVER CROMWELL -- LOUIS XIV -- PETER I -- CATHERINE II -- ORIGINS AND EARLY EXPERIENCE -- EARLY YEARS AS EMPRESS -- INFLUENCE OF POTEMKIN -- THE FINAL YEARS -- GEORGE WASHINGTON -- CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH -- PREREVOLUTIONARY MILITARY CAREER AND LIFE -- REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP -- CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PRESIDENCY -- THOMAS JEFFERSON -- EARLY YEARS AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE -- AMERICAN IN PARIS -- PARTY POLITICS -- PRESIDENCY -- RETIREMENT -- MAXIMILIEN DE ROBESPIERRE -- NAPOLEON I -- SIMÓN BOLÍVAR -- EARLY YEARS AND INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT -- LIBERATION OF NEW GRANADA -- LIBERATION OF PERU AND THE CREATION OF BOLIVIA -- A LEAGUE OF HISPANIC AMERICAN STATES -- CIVIL WAR -- GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- EARLY LIFE -- THE ROAD TO THE PRESIDENCY -- LEADERSHIP IN WAR -- OTTO VON BISMARCK -- EARLY YEARS AND CAREER -- PRIME MINISTER -- IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR -- FOREIGN POLICY -- DOMESTIC POLICY -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS -- VICTORIA -- ACCESSION TO THE THRONE AND EARLY YEARS OF REIGN -- EARLY LIFE AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- WIDOWHOOD -- LAST YEARS AND LEGACY -- SITTING BULL.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- THE EARLY YEARS -- THE SQUARE DEAL -- FOREIGN POLICY -- LATER YEARS -- MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI -- EARLY YEARS AND EDUCATION IN ENGLAND -- SOUTH AFRICAN ACTIVIST -- EMERGENCE AS LEADER OF NATIONALIST INDIA -- VLADIMIR ILICH LENIN -- EARLY LIFE -- CHALLENGES OF THE REVOLUTION OF 1905 AND WORLD WAR I -- LEADERSHIP IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION -- SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL -- POLITICAL CAREER BEFORE 1939 -- LEADERSHIP DURING WORLD WAR II -- POSTWAR POLITICAL CAREER -- MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH -- EARLY YEARS -- ENTRY INTO POLITICS -- CREATOR OF PAKISTAN -- JOSEPH STALIN -- THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONARY AND RISE TO POWER -- LENIN'S SUCCESSOR -- ROLE IN WORLD WAR II -- LAST YEARS -- IBN SA'UD -- KEMAL ATATÜRK -- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT -- EARLY LIFE AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES -- ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND THE PRESIDENCY -- THE FIRST TERM -- THE HUNDRED DAYS -- THE SECOND NEW DEAL -- THE SECOND TERM -- THE THIRD AND FOURTH TERMS -- DECLINING HEALTH AND DEATH -- EAMON DE VALERA -- BENITO MUSSOLINI -- EARLY LIFE -- RISE TO POWER -- DICTATORSHIP -- ROLE IN WORLD WAR II -- ELEANOR ROOSEVELT -- DAVID BEN-GURION -- CHIANG KAI-SHEK -- JEAN MONNET AND ROBERT SCHUMAN -- JEAN MONNET -- ROBERT SCHUMAN -- ADOLF HITLER -- EARLY LIFE AND RISE TO POWER -- DICTATOR -- HITLER'S PLACE IN HISTORY -- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU -- EARLY YEARS AND INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS -- STRUGGLE FOR INDIAN INDEPENDENCE -- WORLD WAR II AND INDEPENDENCE -- ACHIEVEMENTS AS PRIME MINISTER AND LEGACY -- HO CHI MINH -- EARLY LIFE -- WORLD WAR II AND THE FOUNDING OF THE VIETNAMESE STATE -- THE FIRST INDOCHINA WAR -- THE SECOND INDOCHINA WAR -- CHARLES DE GAULLE -- EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER -- WORLD WAR II -- EARLY POLITICAL CAREER -- RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE -- JOSIP BROZ TITO -- EARLY LIFE -- PARTISAN LEADER -- THE CONFLICT WITH STALIN -- THE POLICY OF NONALIGNMENT -- SELF-MANAGEMENT AND DECENTRALIZATION.

RETRENCHMENT OF THE 1970S -- FRANCISCO FRANCO -- LIFE -- FRANCO'S MILITARY REBELLION -- FRANCO'S DICTATORSHIP -- MAO ZEDONG -- EARLY YEARS -- ROAD TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA -- GREAT LEAP FORWARD -- CULTURAL REVOLUTION -- JUAN, EVA, AND ISABEL PERÓN -- JUAN PERÓN -- EVA PERÓN -- ISABEL PERÓN -- RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI -- HIROHITO -- SUKARNO -- DENG XIAOPING -- DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD -- KWAME NKRUMAH -- EARLY YEARS -- FROM PRISON TO PRIME MINISTRY -- PRESIDENT OF GHANA AND AFTERWARD -- RONALD W. REAGAN -- EARLY LIFE AND ACTING CAREER -- GOVERNORSHIP OF CALIFORNIA -- ELECTION OF 1980 -- PRESIDENCY -- FIRST DAYS -- DOMESTIC POLICIES -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- REELECTION AND THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR -- RETIREMENT AND DECLINING HEALTH -- KIM IL-SUNG AND KIM JONG IL -- KIM IL-SUNG -- KIM JONG IL -- RICHARD M. NIXON -- EARLY LIFE AND CONGRESSIONAL CAREER -- VICE PRESIDENCY -- ELECTION OF 1960 -- PRESIDENCY -- DOMESTIC POLICIES -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- REELECTION AND WATERGATE -- RETIREMENT AND DEATH -- MENACHEM BEGIN -- WILLY BRANDT -- AUGUSTO PINOCHET -- INDIRA GANDHI -- NELSON MANDELA -- ANWAR EL-SADAT -- PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU -- JOHN PAUL II -- JULIUS NYERERE -- JIMMY CARTER -- POL POT -- MARGARET THATCHER -- EARLY YEARS -- PRIME MINISTER -- LATER YEARS -- FIDEL CASTRO -- CHE GUEVARA -- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. -- EARLY YEARS -- THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT -- THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE -- THE LETTER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL -- CHALLENGES OF THE FINAL YEARS -- YASIR 'ARAFAT -- HELMUT KOHL -- MIKHAIL GORBACHEV -- DALAI LAMA XIV -- LIFE IN TIBET -- LIFE IN EXILE -- VÁCLAV HAVEL -- SADDAM HUSSEIN -- KOFI ANNAN -- MUAMMAR AL-QADDAFI -- LECH WALESA -- AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- VLADIMIR PUTIN -- BENAZIR BHUTTO -- HUGO CHÁVEZ -- OSAMA BIN LADEN -- BARACK OBAMA -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.