Andrew Scott Copper writes extremely well. His research is thorough. He paced the story well. It is a joy to read this account of the…
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Tag: Political Leader Biographies
Zhou En Lai A Life – Part 4
The early life of Zhou En Lai shows the importance the Chinese places on education even in the warlord’s era of 1900s. It also shows…
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Zhou Enlai
There are 5 substantial biographies on Zhou Enlai in the English language. A Political Life was published in 2006 by the Chinese University of Hong…
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Churchill
Winston defends the actions of his people to extreme inexactitude. One extreme example is when he was asked whether the Government was condoning slavery of…
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela when he died in 2013, at age 95, was universally acclaimed as a political saint. The facts known to laymen were that this…
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The life story of Nelson Mandela
“Opportunity for high office is a matter of fate.” -Tseng Kuo Fan advising Li Hung Chang. (Li Hung Chang and China’s Early Modernisation Page 21).…
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Xi Jinping: Political Career, Governance, and Leadership
This 2022 biography of Xi Jin Ping is the latest English biography of him. It serves as a huge lacuna in the market. Especially, when…
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The Handover of Hong Kong
Hong Kong was surrendered to the British for perpetuity by the Ching dynasty when Britain won the First Opium war. Kowloon was surrendered for perpetuity…
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Is Jinnah a great lawyer? (Part 2)
Jinnah’s skill as a politician has always been scrutinized by his biographers. He is after all The Sole Spokesman for Pakistan. (Ayesha Jalal). He is…
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Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story
This 2019 book, the first of a two-volume authorized biography, is a political biography of Singapore’s second Prime minister. The hybrid nature of the format…
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