Olof Palme (Sweden), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria), and Indira Gandhi (India) achieved the pinnacle of political power, fell from or relinquished power, and then, after a period in the political wilderness, regained it. By placing greater emphasis than that customarily accorded by biographers on the and "interment and " that followed their and "fall and " and preceded their and "resurrection, and " the book describes how what they did, the lessons they learned, and the mistakes made by their successors facilitated their reentry.