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CONTENTS

Hunting 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

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Statistical Test of US Presidents

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