Leaders Who Changed the World. Rodney Castleden

by Gordon; Castleden Kerr

It takes charisma and inspiration to lead any group of people, be it a family, a community or a nation. It requires truly miraculous skills to go on leading people even after your death. Throughout history there have been only a handful of people capable of this form of leadership. They include Jesus Christ, Moses, Mohammed and Buddha, without whom the major religions of this world simply would not exist. LEADERS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD explores the lives and careers of such extraordinary individuals as Confucious, Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Nelson Mandela. Some have slogged and suffered in order to change the world for the better, others like Adolf Hitler or Osama Bin Laden have only succeeded in damaging humanity. What does it take to become a great leader?

509 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[John Smyth]

This book is the most poorly written and factually incorrect book I have ever read. Fraught with spelling errors, incorrect dates: Otto Von Bismark for example shown born 1771, married 1847 and left office in 1890 (he was actually born 1 April 1815 – died 30 July 1898). Garibaldi he writes was married for the third time in 1880 then Kerr says he died 4 July 1807. That was when he was born!! He claimed Plato's Academy was shut down in 529 BCE by the Byzentine Emperor Justinian who feared it inhibited the spread of Christianity. Only worth reading for a good laugh.