Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World

Excellent book/with a witty and intellectual view of the world and foreign policy. Say what you wish about Nixon-but as a statesman, he's very smart and very shrewd.

These reviews cover almost a 10 year period and yet there are still so few posts. That is a shame because this is one fine book for the person interested in either history or leadership. My reviews never get into nuts and bolts, I try more to indicate what kind of reader will and will not like a particular book. I agree with all comments expressed here. For me Nixon is one of my favorite authors, his has a wealth of world experiences. If you already have your mind made up about Nixon for other reasons, I suggest you don't buy the book. But if you have only the slightest interest in history, you will find this book fascinating.

I always believe Nixon is "misunderestimated" among the Americans. No matter what he had done in Watergate, he was still a great leader who changed the world overnight by shaking hands with Chou En-Lai and ended the Vietnam war. He was also a great writer and political critique, as you can see in his books. "Leaders" is one of his best and you can learn a lot about leaders who ruled and shaped the post WWII era.

Richard M. Nixon with his "Leaders" not only master the understanding of leadership, but also writing in general. The book treats several leaders of the 20th century, Winston Churchill, Konrad Adenaur, Shigeru Yoshida, Charles de Gaulle, Nikita Khruschev and many more with granduer. What one should particularly pay attention in this book is that the author himself, has personally known every single leader in the book, which adds a great deal of invaluable personal reminiscences which at the same time analyse each person. The book is a must read for those interested in history, politics, biography, and of course leadership in general. The numerous personal advices which the author present as indispensable to great leader, pinpoints the weaknesses and qualities a leader has. At the same time, Richard Nixon, with his outstanding political career which spans over much of a lifetime, tells the reader what to do and what not to do as a leader, how and why leaders have failed in history and how and why they've reached the top. A magnificent piece of work, which will live in my memory for a long time.

There is no reason, whatsoever, for any student of politics not to read these amazing insights from one of the greatest political minds in American history.