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David Runciman

Where Power Stops

The Making and Unmaking of Presidents and Prime Ministers

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Theresa May, and Donald Trump: each had different motivations, methods, and paths, but they all sought the highest office. And yet when they reached their goal, they often found that the power they had imagined was illusory. Their sweeping visions of reform faltered. They faced bureaucratic obstructions, but often the biggest obstruction was their own character. However, their personalities could help them as much as hurt them. Arguably the most successful of them, LBJ showed little indication that he supported what he is best known for - the Civil… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78816-333-0
  • EAN: 9781788163330
  • Produktnummer: 30162174
  • Verlag: Profile Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Masse: H22.3 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.4 cm 384 g
  • Gewicht: 384

Über den Autor


David Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the former Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies. He is the author of six previous books, including How Democracy Ends (Profile), Political Hypocrisy, The Confidence Trap and Politics (for the Ideas in Profile series). He writes regularly about politics for the London Review of Books and hosts the widely acclaimed weekly podcast Talking Politics.

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