"July 2003."

The challenge -- Why read Shakespeare as an analyst? -- Why not read Shakespeare? -- Reading Shakespeare -- Approach, format, and selection of issues -- Heroic leadership: Henry V -- Failure at the top: Richard II -- "The biography of force": Richard III -- Civil War: 1,2,3 Henry VI -- To plot a coup: Julius Caesar -- Family matters: Henry VI and Richard III -- What about the women? Margaret of Anjou in Henry VI -- "My loyalty is sometimes my honor": loyalty in King John and Richard III.