TY - BOOK AU - Mukunda,Gautam TI - Indispensable: when leaders really matter SN - 9781422186701 AV - HD57.7 .M845 2012 U1 - 658.4/092 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Harvard Business Review Press KW - Leadership KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) and index; Preface -- Stalking the high impact leader -- Enter the presidents -- "It is the whole colony" : Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase -- "The best of us" : Lincoln and the Civil War -- "We can always depend on Mr. Wilson" : Wilson, the Senate, and the Treaty of Versailles -- "Crashed into ruins" : Chamberlain and appeasement -- "We shall never surrender" : Churchill and the choice to fight -- Beyond politics -- The royal navy, business, and non-normal science -- The tragedy and potential triumph of leadership -- Notes -- Index ER -