๐ Chapter 07 ยท Topic 04 ยท Books & Authors
Books by World Leaders
Important books written by world leaders โ Obama, Churchill, Mandela, and other notable figures.
๐ Books by World Leaders โ Quick Reference
| Author | Book | Key Content |
|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama (USA) | Dreams from My Father; The Audacity of Hope; A Promised Land | Memoir; political vision; presidential memoir |
| Winston Churchill (UK) | The Second World War (6 vols); A History of the English-Speaking Peoples | WWII account; won Nobel Prize in Literature (1953) |
| Nelson Mandela (South Africa) | Long Walk to Freedom | Autobiography; anti-apartheid struggle; 27 years in prison |
| Adolf Hitler (Germany) | Mein Kampf (My Struggle) | Autobiography and political manifesto; written in prison (1925) |
| Mao Zedong (China) | Quotations from Chairman Mao (Little Red Book) | Political philosophy; widely distributed during Cultural Revolution |
| Vladimir Lenin (Russia) | What Is to Be Done?; Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism | Revolutionary theory; Marxist analysis of capitalism |
| Karl Marx (Germany) | The Communist Manifesto (with Engels); Das Kapital | Communist theory; critique of capitalism |
| Abraham Lincoln (USA) | Speeches and letters (no major book) | Gettysburg Address; Emancipation Proclamation |
| Che Guevara (Argentina) | The Motorcycle Diaries; Guerrilla Warfare | Travel memoir; revolutionary tactics |
| Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) | Freedom from Fear | Essays on democracy and human rights; Nobel Peace Prize 1991 |
| Dalai Lama (Tibet) | Freedom in Exile; The Art of Happiness | Autobiography; Buddhist philosophy and happiness |
| Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) | I Am Malala | Autobiography; education rights for girls; Nobel Peace Prize 2014 |
๐ Important Ancient/Classical Works
| Work | Author | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Arthashastra | Kautilya (Chanakya) | Ancient Indian political economy and statecraft |
| Indica | Megasthenes | Account of Mauryan India by Greek ambassador |
| Ashtadhyayi | Panini | Sanskrit grammar โ 4,000 rules (~4th century BCE) |
| Manusmriti | Manu | Ancient Hindu law code |
| Ain-i-Akbari | Abul Fazl | Account of Akbar’s administration |
| Akbarnama | Abul Fazl | Biography of Akbar |
| Baburnama | Babur | Autobiography of Mughal Emperor Babur |
| Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri | Jahangir | Autobiography of Mughal Emperor Jahangir |
| Ramacharitamanas | Tulsidas | Hindi retelling of Ramayana (16th century) |
| Poverty and Un-British Rule in India | Dadabhai Naoroji | Drain of wealth theory (1901) |
โ Revision Checklist
โ
Obama = Dreams from My Father + The Audacity of Hope + A Promised Land
โ Churchill = The Second World War = Nobel Prize in Literature (1953)
โ Mandela = Long Walk to Freedom = autobiography = 27 years in prison
โ Malala Yousafzai = I Am Malala = education rights = Nobel Peace Prize 2014
โ Arthashastra = Kautilya (Chanakya) = political economy
โ Ain-i-Akbari + Akbarnama = Abul Fazl = Akbar’s administration
โ Baburnama = Babur = autobiography of first Mughal emperor
โ Ramacharitamanas = Tulsidas = Hindi Ramayana (16th century)
โ Churchill = The Second World War = Nobel Prize in Literature (1953)
โ Mandela = Long Walk to Freedom = autobiography = 27 years in prison
โ Malala Yousafzai = I Am Malala = education rights = Nobel Peace Prize 2014
โ Arthashastra = Kautilya (Chanakya) = political economy
โ Ain-i-Akbari + Akbarnama = Abul Fazl = Akbar’s administration
โ Baburnama = Babur = autobiography of first Mughal emperor
โ Ramacharitamanas = Tulsidas = Hindi Ramayana (16th century)