Description
| Product ID: | 9781108713917 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Tyrants |
| Subtitle: | Power, Injustice, and Terror |
| Authors: | Author: Waller R. Newell |
| Page Count: | 274 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Political science and theory, Political leaders and leadership, Political activism / Political engagement, History of Western philosophy, Political science & theory, Political leaders & leadership, Political activism |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book will appeal to anyone interested in the danger posed by tyranny and terror in today's world, the psychology of tyranny, and how it is shaped by the history of fiction, art, and architecture. Written in a clear, colorful style, the book is suitable for readers of all levels. 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 the Great 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: Power, Injustice, and Terror will appeal to anyone interested in the danger posed by tyranny and terror in today''s world. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-26 |
