Books in the Profiles In Power series

Clement Attlee was the Labour leader from 1935 to 1955, and Prime Minister of the first majority Labour governments in the postwar years from 1945 to 1951. This study examines the man behind the stern exterior, finding ambition and indecision, and a moral vision.

James McMillan moves away from ideologically-based representations of Napoleon III to focus on his use of power.

A study of the life, personality and political career of David Lloyd George, which challenges the traditional view of Lloyd George as an outsider in British politics. It aims to combine an account of political, social and economic developments with an appraisal of the individual's role.

This study examines Ataturk's life from his early military and political career. It includes chapters on the foundation of Turkey's national movement; the civil war; modernization, westernization and reform; and politics, opposition and conspiracy.

Presents a fresh look at Trotsky that provides insights into his personality, life, career and political ideas. This biography also offers a fresh interpretation of Trotsky's career, and focuses on Trotksy's years in power: his pre-Revolutionary life, his role during the 1917 revolution and civil war, and his part in constructing the soviet state.

A profile of the contradictory statesman Charles Maurice Prince de Talleyrand who went from church establishment figure to revolutionary, supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte to promoter of the Bourbon Restoration during one of the most turbulent periods of French and European history.

Covering a couple rather than a single, dominant ruler, 'Ferdinand and Isabella' looks at the issue of gender and the dynamics of marriage over 35 years, as well as the practice of monarchical power. The book covers Ferdinand's and Isabella's struggle to establish their regime and then work out an elaborate reform programme in Church and state.

Looks at the sources of Martin Luther King's power in the black community and its relationship to wider American society, focusing on the role of the black church, the philosophy of nonviolence and issues of leadership, whilst paying attention to the voices of King's critics and detractors and to the limitations of his power.

Leader of the anti-slavery Republican coalition and the wartime Union, Abraham Lincoln has become a model of a particular kind of democratic politician who led rather than followed. Richard J. Carwardine examines Lincoln's rise to power and his achievements as US president.

This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the Presidency of John F. Kennedy. To understand Kennedy's aims and achievements in the White House, it looks at Kennedy the man and outlines his background and early career and the influences upon him. Hugh Brogan shows Kennedy as a credible statesman, a man of solid achievement.

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Oliver Cromwell as a political figure and look at the historical problems associated with his exercise of power.