Kemal Ataturk:
Ataturk.com - features a detailed biography chronicling his life and political and social reforms with analyses of his contributions; visit each link--quotes at each site and many photos.
Ataturk - Creator of Modern Turkey - profiles the father of the modern Turkish Republic; details the many reforms he initiated during his term as the republic's first president; many quotes throughout.
Ataturk and the National War of Independence - details the emergence of the modern Republic of Turkey after their National War of Independence; profiles Turkey's first president.
Ataturk Photograph Album - large collection of photographs chronicling Ataturk's life.
Ataturk: Turkey Info - highlights the life and reform accomplishments of founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey.
DISCovering
Biography: Ataturk - bio in historical context with photo.
Winston Churchill:
Churchill
Archives Centre - located at Churchill College, this collection
provides a searchable database of
archives as well as contact info for students and
scholars; many primary source documents.
DISCovering Biography: Churchill - bio in historical context with photo and quotes.
The Rise to Power of Winston Churchill - timeline with text of Churchill's rise.
Time 100: Leaders & Revolutionaries - read why Time magazine has included Churchill among the most important 100 people of this century; sidebar includes excerpts from speeches.
The
Winston Churchill Homepage - information and extensive links
maintained by the Churchill Center in Washington, DC; includes links to
speeches.
Charles de Gaulle:
DISCovering Biography: de Gaulle - bio in historical context with photo and hyperlinks.
Presidents of the Fifth Republic: Charles De Gaulle - bio of the French leader examines his war career, his ascent to prime minister, and his political programs; photos and a speech transcript.
Quotes
by Charles De Gaulle - a collection of famous sayings by the
French military leader and prime
minister.
Emperor Hirohito:
American Experience - Hirohito - analysis of this emperor's role in WWII and Japan's modern development.
DISCovering Biography: Hirohito - bio in historical context with photo.
Emperor Hirohito, Accepting the Potsdam Declaration, Radio Broadcast - translation of Hirohito's radio broadcast accepting the provisions of surrender; link to pages on WWII and the bombing of Hiroshima.
Grolier Online - profile of emperor's political life and contributions.
Time
100: Emperor Hirohito - read why TIME magazine selected Hirohito
among the 100 most influential Asians of this century.
Adolf Hitler:
DISCovering Biography: Hitler - bio in historical context with photo and links.
The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler - thorough look at Hitler and conditions in Germany that enabled his rise from an unknown to a dictator.
Looksmart.com: Hitler - list of annotated links; explore the ones you think will be most useful; be sure to check out his collection of speeches.
Routledge Who's Who in Nazi Germany - background of Hitler in historical context.
Time Magazine Man of the Year 1938: Adolf Hitler - read the original TIME article that explained why the magazine chose Hitler as its man of the year; gives a detailed account of the era.
Time
100: Leaders & Revolutionaries - read why TIME has included
Hitler among the most important people of this century; contrast to "Man
of the Year."
Benito Mussolini:
DISCovering Biography: Mussolini - bio in historical context with photo and hyprtext links.
Grolier Online - profile of the dictator includes details on his early life, his rise to power as the ruler of Italy, and his eventual downfall.
Modern History Sourcebook: Benito Mussolini: What is Fascism, 1932 - text of Mussolini's entry for the Italian Encyclopedia on the definition of fascism.
The
Road to Rome: 20th Century History - story of the rise to power
of Italian Fascist Leader Benito Mussolini.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
American Experience: The Presidents - PBS special; be sure to check out Domestic Policy, Foreign Affairs, and especially Legacy.
American
Presidents.com - one-page factsheet dedicated to Roosevelt's
personal and professional
achievements.
DISCovering Biography - bio in historical context with photo.
The Four Freedoms at Home and Abroad - provides a historical context for Roosevelt's presidency and offers the text of his inaugural and State of the Union addresses.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal - presents a lengthy list of resources dedicated to Roosevelt's life, his political career, and his role in the New Deal; includes links to Fireside Chats, Pearl Harbor speech, and other primary source documents.
Great Presidential Outline Archive - scroll to overview of the major events that occurred during his presidency.
New Deal Cultural Programs: Experiments in Cultural Democracy - an overview of the Roosevelt's New Deal programs excerpted from Cultural Democracy.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt - read a brief biography and browse a list of the major events of his presidency; includes quotes and speeches.
Time 100: Leaders and Revolutionaries - read why Time magazine has included Roosevelt among the hundred most important people in this century; sidebar includes excerpts from speeches.
The
Works of Roosevelt - an extensive directory of links to speeches
and writings of Roosevelt.
Updated 11/99