BEGINNING OF THE GREAT REVIVAL details the historic events surrounding the Chinese Revolution—the period from 1911 to 1921 when Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Qing Dynasty and planted the roots of what has become modern-day China’s [...]
CHAIRMAN MAO was one of the most powerful leaders the world had ever seen: a brilliant tactician, a political and economic theorist, and a statesman who ruled a billion people for three decades. In this [...]
THE PRESIDENTS is an unprecedented eight-part survey of the personal lives and legacies of the remarkable men who have presided over the Oval Office. From George Washington to George W. Bush, THE PRESIDENTS gathers together [...]
He combined lofty idealism with deadly ruthlessness, forging an empire that changed the world. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s vision of communism transformed the Soviet Union into a world power and galvanized political unrest in countless other [...]
He earned his nickname for bravery at Bull Run and led some of the most stunning campaigns of the Civil War. An outstanding leader and brilliant tactician, Stonewall Jackson is widely regarded as one of [...]
A man who believed that we could be better than ourselves, he was on his way to becoming a great leader-but on June 5th, 1968, his life was cut short. BIOGRAPHY® presents an intimate profile [...]
He was a privileged youth who was drawn to Communism in France during the ’50s. When he returned to his own country, he led a violent, brutal regime that saw more than a quarter of [...]
Towering over his people, he was a physical giant determined to shatter tradition and force his nation into the modern world. By the time Peter the Great was finished building cities and conquering nations, Russia [...]
He led the first foreign raid on U.S. soil since the War of 1812, rose to the rank of general during the Mexican Revolution, and later became governor of Chihuahua. Outlaw, soldier, leader, and politician, [...]