| Description |
xiv, 456 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-444) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : leaders matter -- Introduction : why leaders matter -- pt. 1: Creation stories: the nineteenth century. Chasing prestige and security -- How to build a state : Count Cavour, Ito Hirobumi, and Yamagata Aritomo -- How to build wealth : Alessandro Rossi, Okubo Toshimichi, and Shibusawa Eichi -- pt. 2: Liberal exhaustion: the early twentieth century. The death of liberalism : Giovanni Giolitti and Hara Kei -- The birth of corporatism : Muto Sanji, Alessandro Rossi, Kishi Nobusuke, Giovanni Agnelli, and Ayukawa Gisuke -- The total leader : Benito Mussolini -- pt. 3: In the American imperium: the Cold War. Chasing democracy -- What kind of ally to be : Alcide de Gasperi and Yoshida Shigeru -- Putting corruption in its place : Kishi Nobusuke and Amintore Fanfani -- pt. 4: Degrees of freedom: after the Cold War. Chasing normality -- Choices on the left : Achille Occhetto and Fuwa Tetsuzo -- Options on the right : Umberto Bossi, Silvio Berlusconi, Ozawa Ichiro, and Ishihara Shintaro -- Conclusion : how leaders have mattered in Italy and Japan. |
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Political leadership -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Political leadership -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Political leadership -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.
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Political leadership -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0801434920 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801434921 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA335517 |
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NLGGC 247478385 |
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YDXCP 1931842 |
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YDXCP 2166315 |
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NZ1 7191297 |
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AU@ 000024103696 |
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IG# 9780801434921 |
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