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Title Page -- Contents -- PREFACE -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES -- PART I: FRAMEWORKS FOR ASSESSING LEADERS -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE BOOK -- CHAPTER 2: STATECRAFT: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADERS -- CHAPTER 3: MEASURING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERS: THE GENERAL ELECTION TEST -- PART II: ASSESSMENTS OF CONSERVATIVE LEADERS -- CHAPTER 4: SIR ROBERT PEEL -- CHAPTER 5: LORD DERBY -- CHAPTER 6: BENJAMIN DISRAELI -- CHAPTER 7: LORD SALISBURY -- CHAPTER 8: ARTHUR BALFOUR -- CHAPTER 9: ANDREW BONAR LAW -- CHAPTER 10: AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN -- CHAPTER 11: STANLEY BALDWIN -- CHAPTER 12: NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN -- CHAPTER 13: WINSTON CHURCHILL -- CHAPTER 14: ANTHONY EDEN -- CHAPTER 15: HAROLD MACMILLAN -- CHAPTER 16: ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME -- CHAPTER 17: EDWARD HEATH -- CHAPTER 18: MARGARET THATCHER -- CHAPTER 19: JOHN MAJOR -- CHAPTER 20: WILLIAM HAGUE -- CHAPTER 21: IAIN DUNCAN SMITH -- CHAPTER 22: MICHAEL HOWARD -- CHAPTER 23: DAVID CAMERON -- PART III: LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER 24: MICHAEL HOWARD ON LEADERSHIP, THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND STATECRAFT THEORY -- CHAPTER 25: WILLIAM HAGUE ON LEADERSHIP, THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY AND STATECRAFT THEORY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A, B, C -- D, E, F -- G, H, I -- J, K, L -- M, N, O -- P, Q, R -- S, T, U -- V, W, X -- Y, Z -- Copyright

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