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.

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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

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

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Book Title: The Fall and Rise of Political Leaders
Book Subtitle: Olof Palme, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Indira Gandhi
Authors: Leslie Derfler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117242
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10704-5Published: 12 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29051-2Published: 12 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11724-2Published: 31 January 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 271
Topics: Political Science, International Relations, Political History

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