The first half of the 20th century was perhaps the most turbulent in history. Two world wars and numerous smaller conflicts resulted in an unprecedented number of changes. Some of the leaders made an indelible mark on their nation and the world; others are scarcely remembered.
Nearly 1,200 emperors, kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, premiers, emirs, and other heads of state or government served from 1900 through 1945, and all are included in this comprehensive reference work. Each biographical profile is packed with data.

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

Harris M. Lentz III
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 520
Bibliographic Info: bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2011 [1999]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6617-7
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments      ix

Preface      1

Bibliography      3

Afghanistan      10

Albania      13

Argentina      18

Australia      23

Austria      33

Bavaria      42

Belgium      43

Bhutan      49

Bolivia      50

Brazil      54

Bulgaria      59

Canada      66

Chile      72

China      79

Colombia      100

Costa Rica      106

Croatia      110

Cuba      112

Czechoslovakia      118

Denmark      123

Dominican Republic      128

Ecuador      131

Egypt      138

El Salvador      148

Estonia      151

Ethiopia      155

Finland      157

France      163

Germany      183

Greece      196

Guatemala      213

Haiti      216

Honduras      220

Hungary      223

Iceland      231

Iran      234

Iraq      244

Ireland      251

Italy      254

Japan      264

Latvia      278

Lebanon      281

Liberia      287

Liechtenstein      289

Lithuania      290

Luxembourg      293

Mexico      296

Monaco      302

Mongolia      303

Montenegro      305

Morocco      306

Nepal      308

Netherlands      311

New Zealand      314

Nicaragua      318

Norway      322

Oman      328

Orange Free State      329

Panama      330

Paraguay      335

Peru      341

Philippines      346

Poland      347

Portugal      355

Romania      367

Russia      379

Saudi Arabia      391

Saxony      392

Serbia      393

Slovakia      396

South Africa      397

Spain      402

Sweden      416

Switzerland      421

Syria      426

Thailand      432

Tibet      435

Tonga      436

Transvaal      437

Tunisia      437

Turkey      439

Ukraine      447

United Kingdom      449

United States      459

Uruguay      464

Vatican      467

Venezuela      469

Vietnam      472

Yugoslavia      473

Zanzibar      480

Index      483

Choice Outstanding Academic Title
“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.