Rudolph Giuliani recommends biographies of leaders (OpinionJournal, June 10, 2006). Of the books mentioned in the article, these five are highlighted: "Churchill: A Study in Greatness" by Geoffrey Best (Hambledon & London, 2001); "Jefferson and His Time" by Dumas Malone (Little, Brown, 1948-81); "Herndon's Lincoln" by William Henry Herndon and Jesse W. Weik (Belford, Clarke, 1889); "Profiles in Courage" by John F. Kennedy (Harper, 1956); and "President Reagan" by Richard Reeves (Simon & Schuster, 2006).
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Thank you Kathryn, you have just added a half-dozen more books to my "to read" list! ;)
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