Historiske og politiske biografier

The thrilling biography of Stalin - an international bestseller

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, 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. Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune's Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden. A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective - the story of one man's bet with history. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

The urgent, explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present - including their interference in the 2016 presidential election.

An unprecedented and intimate tour de force of original reporting on the Trump presidency from Bob Woodward. Rage goes behind the scenes like never before, with stunning new details about early national security decisions and operations and Trump's moves as he faces a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. Woodward, the No 1 internationally bestselling author of 13 No 1 bestsellers, including Fear: Trump in the White House, shows Trump up close in his entirety before the 2020 presidential election.President Trump has said publicly that Woodward has interviewed him. What is not known is that Trump provided Woodward a window into his mind through a series of exclusive interviews. At key decision points, Rage shows how Trump's responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president.Rage draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with first-hand witnesses, as well as participants' notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents. Woodward obtained 25 personal letters exchanged between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that have not been public before. Kim describes the bond between the two leaders as out of a 'fantasy film', as the two leaders engage in an extraordinary diplomatic minuet.Rage will be the foundational account of the Trump presidency, its turmoil, contradictions and risks. It is an essential document for anyone seeking an accurate inside view of the Trump years - volatile and vivid.

The astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of 23 comrades-in-arms.

Renia Spiegels dagbog, der kan sammenlignes med Anne Franks berømte dagbog, er en teenagepiges rystende og autentiske fremstilling af livet i skyggen af Anden Verdenskrigs rædsler. Den er et essentielt dokument for eftertiden. Med sin både poetiske og temperamentsfulde pen beskriver Renia krig, kærlighed og livet, mens det leves, under stadig vanskeligere og mere brutale forhold.Renia bliver født i Polen i 1924 og vokser op i en velstående og kunstnerisk jødisk familie. Under krigen bliver dagbogen hendes nærmeste fortrolige, og med hendes veludviklede sans for livets omskiftelighed træder omgangskreds, skoleliv og familie tydeligt frem i den. Og ikke mindst krigens trussel, som rykker nærmere og nærmere. Hun er en talentfuld forfatter, der tilfører dagbogen talrige smukke digte, mange af dem kærlighedsdigte. For mens krigen raser, forelsker hun sig stormende i en ung mand: Zygmunt Schwarzer.Den 30. juli 1942 henrettes Renia på åben gade, blot 18 år gammel. Nazisterne havde fået et anonymt tip om, at hun holdt sig skjult på et loft for at undgå at blive deporteret til en koncentrationslejr.Forud for Renias død faldt dagbogen i kærestens hænder, og i det sidste stærke indlæg beskriver han, hvordan hun blev fundet og henrettet. Både han og Renias mor og søster overlevede krigen og emigrerede til USA. Dagbogen fulgte med og blev i mange år opbevaret i en bankboks uden at blive læst. Først i 2016 blev dagbogen udgivet på polsk, i 2019 på engelsk, og nu bliver den endelig tilgængelig for et dansk publikum.Gennem dagbogen bliver en historisk periode, der ikke må glemmes, vakt til live igen.

This memoir is the extraordinary story of how one Iranian woman overcame enormous adversity to fight for what she truly believed and founded a major movement for women around the world with the simple removal of her hijab.

Titlen er udsolgt. Fås i anden udgave. Isbn: 9788712058991De Danske Ministerier 1982-1993 En politisk danmarkshistorie, set fra Slotsholmen I 1972 trådte Jens Otto Krag tilbage som statsminister, og det følgende årti frem blev Anker Jørgensens, kun afbrudt af Poul Hartlings lille Venstre-regering 1973-75. Anker Jørgensen opgav imidlertid at regere videre i 1982, hvorefter Poul Schlüter dannede regering. Anker Jørgensens tiår var præget af dyb økonomisk krise, energikrise og det nye EF-medlemskab – og efter Jordskredsvalget 1973 af en kompliceret parlamentarisk situation med en række nye partier, som ændrede det politiske landskab grundlæggende. Det var en periode, hvor politikken i og uden for Anker Jørgensens parti slog sig i tøjret, når ungdomsoprør skulle forenes med Glistrups skatteoprør, når indkomstpolitik skulle ’sælges’ til arbejdsmarkedets parter, eller når miljøhensyn skulle prioriteres i forhold til energihensyn (atomkraft) og væksthensyn. De vedvarende balanceproblemer og ikke mindst forsøget på at sikre fagbevægelsens opbakning til den økonomiske krisepolitik sled på Anker Jørgensen, der i 1982 reelt opgav at regere videre. Bogen fortæller et centralt stykke politiske danmarkshistorie og giver et medrivende indblik i det parlamentariske maskinrum. Bogen indgår, ligesom Poul Schlüters epoke, i den traditionsrige udgivelsesrække, De Danske Ministerier, som her genopstår i moderne form.

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever seen. Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his personal writing and cautioning against a powerful Soviet Russia in his later years in office, his larger-than-life and complex personality has continued to fascinate writers and historians.In this comprehensive biography, Roy Jenkins faithfully presents these events, while also managing to convey the contradictions and quirks in Churchill's character. Weaving together in-depth analysis and brilliant historical research, Jenkins has succeeded in crafting this magnificent one-volume account packed with insights that only a fellow politician can convey. Bringing to life the statesman, writer, speaker and leader, Churchill is packed with insights into one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.

Allerede som dreng vidste Per Pallesen, at det var skuespillet, der skulle fylde hans liv ud. Da Dirch Passer besøgte barndomsbyen Aars med et turneteater og gik op ad hovedgaden og ind til barber Falsig, skyggede lille Per ham fra det modsatte fortov og stjal en lok af revystjernens afklippede hår. Det var den vej, han ville.Per Pallesen har med en stålsat vilje og en ukuelig optimisme formet sin karriere. Han kom til at arbejde sammen med de største – også Dirch – indtil han selv blev en af de rigtig store. I 1970’erne sled han brædderne tynde på hovedstadens teatre. Han slog siden sit navn fast i revyens guldalder sammen med Preben Kaas og Jørgen Ryg og senere som Boldt i Matador, inden han i 80’erne blev en institution i dansk komik og fik et internationalt gennembrud med vennen Søren Pilmark.Per Pallesens biografi er et ærligt, nærværende selvportræt af et menneske, der altid har valgt fra den øverste hylde, og som altid har valgt arbejdet til – ind imellem på bekostning af familien. Bogen er et indblik i dansk teater fra Dirch til de store musicals, fra Sommer i Tyrol til Mathiesen, og et ukrukket blik ind bag det røde scenetæppe. Fra de første spæde skridt på de skrå brædder til efter tæppefald og tankerne om livet og sorgen, alderen og kærligheden.Bogen er fortalt til Anne-Storm Wesche, forfatter til bestseller-biografier om Helle Virkner, Poul Reichhardt og Kirsten Walther.

'It doesn't get better' - that was the unofficial motto of Red Platoon, stuck at Command Post Keating, one of the most isolated and dangerous US army bases in Afghanistan, in the middle of a free-fire zone.

A graphic novel version of the dramatic life and untimely death of German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg

Based on explosive new evidence, bestselling author David Talbot tells America's greatest untold story: the United States' rise to world dominance under the guile of Allen Welsh Dulles, the longest-serving director of the CIA.

From the acclaimed author of Former People, a definitive biography of Rasputin, published to coincide with the centenary of his murder.

Now at last in a single, abridged volume the definitive life.When the two volumes of Ian Kershaw s biography of Hitler, Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis were published, they were immediately greeted around the world as the essential works on perhaps the most malign figure ever to hold power in modern Europe. In the face of considerable demand for such an edition, Kershaw has now created a single volume version. The result is a frightening, fascinating narrative of how a bitter provincial failure from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power; how the half-baked, contemptible ideas of a vagrant former art student coalesced into an ideology that for twelve horrific years shaped the fate of millions; and how both in his determination to impose his will militarily and to fend off his many enemies he unleashed a genocidal Armageddon. No one individual can stand in as the scapegoat for the vast social, technological, economic and military forces that shape our societies but if ever there was one man whose ideas and personality shaped and cowed those forces, as well as embodying them, it was Hitler. This is his story and Kershaw tells it with unique authority, and with moral anger.

She tells of her numerous run-ins with the brutal government of Daniel arap Moi and of the political and personal reasons that compelled her, in 1977, to establish the Green Belt Movement, which spread from Kenya across Africa, and which helps restore indigenous forests while assisting rural women by paying them to plant trees in their villages.

The Oscar-winning film about the legendary French queen, directed by Sofia Coppola, is based on this magnificent book by bestselling historian Antonia Fraser.

The classic eye-witness account of Nazi Germany by Hitler's Armaments Minister and right-hand man.

Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests.

For 22 years, Dr Zhisui Li was Mao Tse-tung's personal physician, confidant and companion. In this biography Li provides insights into social and political events in China, and details of Mao's private life - from his sexual appetite to the political effects of his aims, fears and idiosyncrasies.

Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His achievements were unparalleled - he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world. Robin Lane Fox's superb account searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Combining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, it brings this colossal figure vividly to life.

Fra sin debut i 1900 til sin død i 1957 skrev forfatteren og kritikeren Harald Nielsen en stadig strøm af fremragende, ofte kontroversielle essays og afhandlinger inden for litteratur, kultur og politik. Han er blevet kaldt radikalismens Søren Kierkegaard og nykonservatismens vækker, foruden Anti-Brandes og den rasende magister.Selv kaldte han sig en moderne reaktionær og en Don Quijote uden illusioner. Hans polemiske vid og stejle holdning, hans sydende lidenskab og hans mod til at forfægte kendsgerningerne over for ideologierne gør ham til en ægte ener.Nina Bjørneboes anmelderroste klassiker om en af Danmarks vigtigste og mest omdiskuterede konservative intellektuelle udkom første gang i 1981. Nu genudgives den i udvidet og forbedret udgave.Nina Bjørneboe (f. 1934) har beskæftiget sig med Harald Nielsens forfatterskab i over 50 år. Ud over Manden, der overlevede sin skæbne har hun kompileret og udgivet Harald Nielsens udvalgte essays. Hun er desuden forfatter en række andre bøger

I 2000 udgav han sin store biografi om Kaj Munk, som kom i flere oplag og udgaver, året efter den lille opfølger Mere Munk, og dette er så Hele Munk: de to bøger samlet i ét bind og med et nyskrevet afsluttende kapitel på 40-50 sider, hvor Per Stig Møller ajourfører og aktualiserer Munk, ikke mindst ud fra den bemærkelsesværdigt store dækning, der var af 50-året for Munks død i januar 2014.

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker – how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance. When, at age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress, Alexandra Pelosi answered: “Mother, get a life!” And so Nancy did, and what a life it has been. In The Art of Power, Pelosi describes for the first time what it takes to make history – not only as the first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, but to pass laws that would save lives and livelihoods, from the emergency rescue of the economy in 2008 to transforming health care. She describes the perseverance, persuasion, and respect for her members that it took to succeed, but also the joy of seeing America change for the better. Among the best-prepared and hardest working Speakers in history, Pelosi worked to find common ground, or stand her ground, with presidents from Bush to Biden. She also shares moving moments with soldiers sent to the front lines, women who inspired her, and human rights activists who fought by her side. Pelosi took positions that established her as a prophetic voice on the major moral issues of the day, warning early about the dangers of the Iraq War and of the Chinese government’s long record of misbehaviour. This moral courage prepared her for the arrival of Trump, with whom she famously tangled, becoming a red-coated symbol of resistance to his destructive presidency. Here, she reveals how she went toe-to-toe with Trump, leading up to January 6, 2021, when he unleashed his post-election fury on the Congress. Pelosi gives us her personal account of that day: the assault not only on the symbol of our democracy but on the men and women who had come to serve the nation, never expecting to hide under desks or flee for their lives – and her determined efforts to get the National Guard to the Capitol. Nearly two years later, violence and fury would erupt inside Pelosi’s own home when an intruder, demanding to see the Speaker, viciously attacked her beloved husband, Paul. Here, Pelosi shares that horrifying day and the traumatic aftermath for her and her family. The woman who has been lauded by her opposition as “the most powerful Speaker” ever shows us why she is not afraid of a good fight. The Art of Power is about the fighting spirit that has always animated her, and the historic legacy that spirit has produced.

Første biografi nogensinde om Birgitte Gøye — en af Danmarkshistoriens mest indflydelsesrige kvinder. Vi kender hende fra børnerimet og som biperson i andres historie: farens, rigshofmester Mogens Gøyes, og hendes mands, søhelten Herluf Trolles. Det bliver der rådet bod på med denne biografi om den handlekraftige adelsdame og lensmand, der levede 1511-74. Som purung nægtede Birgitte Gøye at gifte sig med manden, hendes familie havde lovet hende væk til. Hun grundlagde Herlufsholm sammen med den mand, hun selv valgte sig, og selvom skolen fik hans navn, var det hendes penge, der betalte gildet. Hun blev skolens første reelle forstander. Derudover var hun dybt involveret i trekantdramaet omkring Anne Hardenberg, Oluf Krognos og Frederik 2. Ligesom hun trak i trådene, så Anne Hardenberg til sidst fik den mand, hun elskede. Birgitte Gøyes enorme netværk blandt nordens magtelite omfattede såvel en dronning som en kurfyrstinde. Hun spillede en stor kulturel og politisk rolle i 1500-tallets Danmark, hvor hun fik betydning for indførelsen af den lutherske tro og som opdrager af to generationer af adelskvinder.

I begyndelsen af 1870’erne var Louis Pio – Socialdemokratiets grundlægger – en så alvorlig torn i øjet på de danske myndigheder, at han blev arresteret og smidt i fængsel.Da Pio – på dødens rand – blev løsladt i 1875, begyndte han straks at planlægge socialistiske eksperimenter i Amerika. Bestukket af politiet tog Louis Pio flugten til Amerika to år senere og kastede sig ind i kampen for et mere retfærdigt samfund på den anden side af Atlanten. I tæt ved et årti var Pio en del af den amerikanske arbejderbevægelse og oplevede som arbejderleder, forfatter og journalist nogle af verdens største arbejderslag – og arbejderbevægelsens racemæssige spændinger – på tætteste hold.”Pio – Flugten til Amerika” er fortællingen om en ildsjæl og fantast, hvis kamp for retfærdighed fik en enorm betydning for både samtiden og eftertiden.Anders Bo Rasmussen (født 1978) er lektor ved Center for Amerikanske Studier på Syddansk Universitet og forfatter til de anmelderroste bøger ”I krig for Lincoln” og ”Civil War Settlers” (vinder af DAHS Book Award). Han har i en årrække været redaktør på tidsskriftet ”American Studies in Scandinavia”, og hans bidrag til danske og internationale medier inkluderer The Washingtong Post, NDR, TV 2 og flere andre.