Suchergebnisse

Foreword / Malcolm Murfett -- Leadership in apartheid South Africa : the impact of Dr. Henrik Verwoerd and B.J. Vorster / J.E. Spence -- Lee Kuan Yew : from political insurgent to national manager / Michael D. Barr -- Fidel Castro : the eternal leader of a revolution or the leader of an eternal revolution? / Vinicius de Carvalho -- The unlikely prime minister : rethinking Sirimavo Bandaranaike's leadership in a bipolar nation and world / Darinee Alagirisamy -- Julius Nyerere : African leadership as a moral project / Sara Lorenzini -- Leonid Brezhnev : rule through trust and care / Susanne Schattenberg -- Nicolae Ceauşescu : interpreting a national socialist / Francesco Magno -- The rise and fall of Rrichard Nixon / Umberto Tulli -- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi : a moderniser challenged by Islamists and leftists / Pejman Abdolmohammadi -- Coda / Malcolm Murfett.

In 1949, as the Chinese Civil War was about to enter its final, explosive stage, the small British frigate HMS Amethyst was sent on a dangerous mission up the Yangtze River to protect British citizens in Nanking. En route it was attacked by the Chinese Communists and held hostage on the river for several months before the crew managed to make a daring escape.The 'Amethyst' captured news headlines around the world and became an unlikely symbol of the cold war in Asia. This dramatic episode, hailed in the West as a triumph of the human spirit but bitterly condemned by the Chinese Communists, was