Whether it’s because of
the uncertain times in which we live, the dismal nature of our political
leaders, or the rise of rightwing populism, we have had a spate of
books in recent years on leadership in modern history. From Frank
Dikötter’s How to Be a Dictator to Henry Kissinger’s Leadership, the
format seems to be to string together chapters on various world leaders
who changed the course of history, for good or bad, and reflect on the
patterns between them.The latest offering is Ian Kershaw’s Personality and Power, in which the great historian of Hitler
and his movement pens a dozen lucid portraits of the leaders – half of
them dictators, the others democrats, to varying degrees – who shaped
Europe’s 20th century. Orlando Figes, The Guardian
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