History

TITO

Life&Times
by Neil Barnett

During his life Tito could manage the internal tensions of his multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-lingual country. But after his death in 1980 Yugoslavia’s institutions were revealed as rudderless and Lilliputian. The break-up of Yugoslavia, the country Tito, the Croat turned Yugoslav had created was inevitable. The demon that he had spent his life containing, ethnic rivalry, was released after his death. The five wars that followed - some of them yet to be fully resolved - were Tito's nightmare, but they were in many ways the result of his own myopic egomania.

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NASSER

Life&Times
by Anne Alexander

Gamal Abd-al-Nasser was 36 years old when he became the undisputed leader of Egypt. When, in 1956, he nationalised the Suez Canal and took on the might of Britain, France and Israel, he became one of the Arab world’s towering figures.

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MAO

Life&Times
by Jonathan Clements

His leadership of the communist revolution and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, after two decades of civil war and Japanese invasion, earned him the title Chairman Mao and the Great Leader.

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Yitzhak Rabin

The Battle for Peace
by Linda Benedikt

He was dubbed ‘Mr Security’ by his countrymen, yet Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) was murdered for what he ultimately failed to deliver: security. It seems that only in death did he become the symbol of what could have been possible: a just peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

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CASEMENT

Life&Times
by Angus Mitchell

Roger Casement’s revolutionary fire was lit in the Congo where he saw at first hand some of the worst abuses of the colonial project. The fire burned hotter in Brazil, where he gradually became convinced that exploitation and abuse were inextricably linked with the exercise of imperial power.

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