
The forces of freedom are challenged everywhere by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it is Jihadist terrorism, Putin's imperialism, or the ambitions of China's dictatorship, writes Waller R. Newell in this engaging exposé of a thousand dangers. We will see why tyranny is a permanent threat by following its strange career from Homeric Bronze Age warriors, through the empires of Alexander...
Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 29, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781107083059
ISBN-13: 978-1107083059
ASIN: 1107083052
Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 440640
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A fantastic read. Enlightening - filled with a healthy mixture of wit and wonder....
and Rome, to the medieval struggle between the City of God and the City of Man, leading to the state-building despots of the Modern Age including the Tudors and 'enlightened despots' such as Peter the Great. The book explores the psychology of tyranny from Nero to Gaddafi, and how it changes with the Jacobin Terror into millenarian revolution. Stimulating and enlightening, Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror will appeal to anyone interested in the danger posed by tyranny and terror in today's world.