Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Part autobiography, but mainly a record of his conversations and impressions, encompassing the three great powers of his time: the Soviet Union, the United States and China.

Presents the life of Calvin Coolidge, including his childhood, education, employment, and political career.

"The 1960s were a time of great cultural change, strongly influenced by the war in Vietnam and the civil rights movement. But the era also had its heroes and icons, who helped the nation record a string of impressive achievements. This edition of Timeless trivia presents questions, answers and commentary about the years when the first of the Baby Boomers began to reach adulthood"--Container.

Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

The last of the devastating series of conflicts resulting from the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the Kosovo War saw more than 13,500 fatalities, with reports of atrocities, amid controversial intervention and bombing by NATO. Twenty years have passed since the war's end on 11 June 1999, yet Kosovo's status remains uncertain and questions remain about the possibility of future conflict on European soil. Tim Marshall, then diplomatic editor...