Indispensable : when leaders really matter - Mukunda, Gautam (Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, 2012)
Preface -- Stalking the high impact leader -- Enter the presidents --'It is the whole colony' : Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase --'The best of us' : Lincoln and the Civil War --'We can always depend on Mr. Wilson' : Wilson, the Senate, and the Treaty of Versailles --'Crashed into ruins' : Chamberlain and appeasement --'We shall never surrender' : Churchill and the choice to fight -- Beyond politics -- The royal navy, business, and non-normal science -- The tragedy and potential triumph of leadership -- Notes -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) and index.
Keywords: Leadership; Leadership -- History