The peacemakers: leadership lessons from twentieth-century statesmanship.

摘要

Leaders play an important role in shaping how world politics unfolds. No amount of structural theories can explain why, for instance, Tony Blair was so determined to send Britain to war in Iraq in 2003 or why Gandhi decided to advocate non-violent struggle against British imperial rule in India. In this important book, Bruce Jentleson shows how political leaders, diplomats and activists have helped resolve deep-seated conflicts, unhinge authoritarian governments and drive forward new political agendas, and explains why some succeeded more than others.