Warriors, Rebels and Saints

‘Brings together deep historical knowledge, cultural comparison, and sophisticated analysis of what makes leadership and how individual leaders both reflect their society and shape it in turn. This is a book both empathetic and gripping on a subject of huge importance in our turbulent times.’ - Rana Mitter, author‘A thoroughly engaging meditation on a compelling array of individuals who shaped the eras in which they lived. The result is a fascinating, illuminating, and cautionary meditation on leadership.’ - Ellen Fitzpatrick, author‘A book chock-full of insights, showing how a careful and unsparing study of past leaders-those who had great power and those who didn’t-can help us identify the attributes we need to see in their successors today.’ - Fredrik Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

Moshik Temkin is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership and History at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and a fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer in India, South Korea, Spain, Mexico and France, and his books include The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial, which was a finalist for the Cundill History Prize.