TY - BOOK AU - Mukunda,Gautam TI - Indispensable: when leaders really matter SN - 9781422186701 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Harvard Business Review Press KW - Leadership KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) and index; 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 ER -