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The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders

Olof Palme, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Indira Gandhi

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xv
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  2. Olof Palme: “Moral Duty Is Discontent on a Large Scale”: Creation
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 1-27
  3. Olof Palme: Termination
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 29-34
  4. Olof Palme: Interment
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 35-54
  5. Olof Palme: Resurrection
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 55-70
  6. Olusegun Obasanjo: “Look At What Has Become of This Country”: Creation
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 71-95
  7. Olusegun Obasanjo: Termination
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 97-102
  8. Olusegun Obasanjo: Interment
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 103-126
  9. Olusegun Obasanjo: Resurrection
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 127-143
  10. Indira Gandhi: “Like a Tigress”: Creation
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 145-166
  11. Indira Gandhi: Termination
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 167-189
  12. Indira Gandhi: Interment
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 191-207
  13. Indira Gandhi: Resurrection
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 209-226
  14. Conclusions
    Leslie Derfler
    Pages 227-234
  15. Back Matter
    Pages 235-271
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About this book

Introduction

Olof Palme (Sweden), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), and Indira Gandhi (India) achieved the pinnacle of political power, fell from or relinquished power, and then, after a period in the political wilderness, regained it. By placing greater emphasis than that customarily accorded by biographers on the "interment" that followed their "fall" and preceded their "resurrection," the book describes how what they did, the lessons they learned, and the mistakes made by their successors facilitated their reentry.

Keywords

government international relations political history political science politics wilderness

About the authors

LESLIE DERFLER is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University, USA.

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"This is an intriguing and ambitious project. A comparison of eight political careers that share a common pattern of attaining power and then returning after a time out of power in which the actors gain perspective on their exercise of power and the problems they confronted in implementing policy, offers an opportunity to make comparisons across divides of nation-state and diverse political cultures." - John (Kim) Munholland, University of Minnesota