1. Work of a Chair in Europe: Context, Content and Evolution -- 2. The United Kingdom: Indirect Leadership -- 3. The Netherlands: High Engagement in Building Institutions -- 4. Switzerland: Company Champion -- 5. Denmark: Master of the Boardroom -- 6. Italy: Alignment for Effectiveness -- 7....

Introduction: The Value of the Historical Perspective for Leadership Studies -- Part I. The Postwar Period -- Leadership in War and Genocide -- Lost in Culture -- Prisoners as Leaders of Political Change -- Part II. The Second World War -- When Complexity Costs Lives -- Paul Geheeb and Nazi...