Archer, Jules

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Twentieth century Caesar, Benito Mussolini

As organizer of the Fascist blackshirts, dictator of Italy, and visionary of a second Roman Empire, Mussolini exercised power and paved the way to Italy's downfall.

The unpopular ones

Battlefield President: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Son of a devout pacifist, Eisenhower enters West Point despite his family and later becomes Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II, and eventually the thirty-fourth president of the United States.

Breaking barriers

An exploration of the women's movement, with biographies of Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, and Betty Friedan.

Ho chi Minh: legend of Hanoi

A biography of the Vietnamese peasant who led his people in a successful revolution for independence from France and in the war with South Vietnam.

Chou En-lai

A biography of the Chinese leader stressing his role in events in Communist China which culminated in its recognition as a member of the United Nations in 1972.

The extremists

Traces the characteristics and activities of extremists throughout American history from the colonists who rioted against England for independence to the assassins of the 1960's.

The extremists

Mao Tse-Tung

World citizen: Woodrow Wilson

A biography of the twenty-eighth President, who also served as president of Princeton University and Governor of New Jersey, and who worked for peace during and after World War I.

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