Angela Merkel
Subtitle: Europe's most influential leader
By: Matthew Qvortrup
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Overlook Duckworth
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781468313161
Subjects: Heads of state; Biography; Women heads of state
Description: "The in-depth biography of Angela Merkel, using exclusive new sources and research to tell how the daughter of a clergyman from East Germany rose to become one of the most powerful women in the world."--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: A childhood under communism; title: In the shadow of the Berlin Wall; title: Angela in Leipzig; title: The unbearable boredom of being: a squatter in Berlin; title: Angela becomes Merkel; title: Kohl's girl; title: the politics of patricide: how Merkel became party leader; title: Waiting game: the patient party leader; title: Merkel loses and becomes chancellor; title: The making of the Queen of Europe; title: Potato soup, the Pope and re-election; title: The Euro-crisis and Afghanistan; title: From the jaws of defeat and beyond; title: Ukraine, another Greek tragedy and the refugee crisis; title: Epilogue: Mother Courage or Merkiavelli?