Harris M. Lentz III, independent scholar and prodigious researcher, is the author of numerous reference works. He lives in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas.

“a valuable resource.... Recommended”—Booklist; “noteworthy and commendable. The only work of its kind”—Choice; “a handy compendium of biographical sketches that are not easily found...provides the reader with biographies of close to 1,200 world leaders...written in a straightforward style.... Public and academic libraries should give this book serious consideration”—Against the Grain; “a very extensive bibliography...a unique resource...useful...recommended”—Reference & User Services Quarterly; “students, researchers, and general library users will be able to locate hard-to-find information on a much larger number of obscure government leaders who ruled during the first half of the twentieth century”—ARBA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Bibliography      Afghanistan      Albania      Argentina      Australia      Austria      Bavaria      Belgium      Bhutan      Bolivia      Brazil      Bulgaria      Canada      Chile      China      Colombia      Costa Rica      Croatia      Cuba      Czechoslovakia      Denmark      Dominican Republic      Ecuador      Egypt      El Salvador      Estonia      Ethiopia      Finland      France      Germany      Greece      Guatemala      Haiti      Honduras      Hungary      Iceland      Iran      Iraq      Ireland      Italy      Japan      Latvia      Lebanon      Liberia      Liechtenstein      Lithuania      Luxembourg      Mexico      Monaco      Mongolia      Montenegro      Morocco      Nepal      Netherlands      New Zealand      Nicaragua      Norway      Oman      Orange Free State      Panama      Paraguay      Peru      Philippines      Poland      Portugal      Romania      Russia      Saudi Arabia      Saxony      Serbia      Slovakia      South Africa      Spain      Sweden      Switzerland      Syria      Thailand      Tibet      Tonga      Transvaal      Tunisia      Turkey      Ukraine      United Kingdom      United States      Uruguay      Vatican      Venezuela      Vietnam      Yugoslavia      Zanzibar      Index

Harris M. Lentz III, independent scholar and prodigious researcher, is the author of numerous reference works. He lives in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas.

“a valuable resource.... Recommended”—Booklist; “noteworthy and commendable. The only work of its kind”—Choice; “a handy compendium of biographical sketches that are not easily found...provides the reader with biographies of close to 1,200 world leaders...written in a straightforward style.... Public and academic libraries should give this book serious consideration”—Against the Grain; “a very extensive bibliography...a unique resource...useful...recommended”—Reference & User Services Quarterly; “students, researchers, and general library users will be able to locate hard-to-find information on a much larger number of obscure government leaders who ruled during the first half of the twentieth century”—ARBA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Bibliography      Afghanistan      Albania      Argentina      Australia      Austria      Bavaria      Belgium      Bhutan      Bolivia      Brazil      Bulgaria      Canada      Chile      China      Colombia      Costa Rica      Croatia      Cuba      Czechoslovakia      Denmark      Dominican Republic      Ecuador      Egypt      El Salvador      Estonia      Ethiopia      Finland      France      Germany      Greece      Guatemala      Haiti      Honduras      Hungary      Iceland      Iran      Iraq      Ireland      Italy      Japan      Latvia      Lebanon      Liberia      Liechtenstein      Lithuania      Luxembourg      Mexico      Monaco      Mongolia      Montenegro      Morocco      Nepal      Netherlands      New Zealand      Nicaragua      Norway      Oman      Orange Free State      Panama      Paraguay      Peru      Philippines      Poland      Portugal      Romania      Russia      Saudi Arabia      Saxony      Serbia      Slovakia      South Africa      Spain      Sweden      Switzerland      Syria      Thailand      Tibet      Tonga      Transvaal      Tunisia      Turkey      Ukraine      United Kingdom      United States      Uruguay      Vatican      Venezuela      Vietnam      Yugoslavia      Zanzibar      Index

Harris M. Lentz III, independent scholar and prodigious researcher, is the author of numerous reference works. He lives in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas.

“a valuable resource.... Recommended”—Booklist; “noteworthy and commendable. The only work of its kind”—Choice; “a handy compendium of biographical sketches that are not easily found...provides the reader with biographies of close to 1,200 world leaders...written in a straightforward style.... Public and academic libraries should give this book serious consideration”—Against the Grain; “a very extensive bibliography...a unique resource...useful...recommended”—Reference & User Services Quarterly; “students, researchers, and general library users will be able to locate hard-to-find information on a much larger number of obscure government leaders who ruled during the first half of the twentieth century”—ARBA.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Bibliography      Afghanistan      Albania      Argentina      Australia      Austria      Bavaria      Belgium      Bhutan      Bolivia      Brazil      Bulgaria      Canada      Chile      China      Colombia      Costa Rica      Croatia      Cuba      Czechoslovakia      Denmark      Dominican Republic      Ecuador      Egypt      El Salvador      Estonia      Ethiopia      Finland      France      Germany      Greece      Guatemala      Haiti      Honduras      Hungary      Iceland      Iran      Iraq      Ireland      Italy      Japan      Latvia      Lebanon      Liberia      Liechtenstein      Lithuania      Luxembourg      Mexico      Monaco      Mongolia      Montenegro      Morocco      Nepal      Netherlands      New Zealand      Nicaragua      Norway      Oman      Orange Free State      Panama      Paraguay      Peru      Philippines      Poland      Portugal      Romania      Russia      Saudi Arabia      Saxony      Serbia      Slovakia      South Africa      Spain      Sweden      Switzerland      Syria      Thailand      Tibet      Tonga      Transvaal      Tunisia      Turkey      Ukraine      United Kingdom      United States      Uruguay      Vatican      Venezuela      Vietnam      Yugoslavia      Zanzibar      Index