Tyrants
Power, Injustice, and Terror
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- Author: Waller R. Newell, Carleton University, Ottawa
- Date Published: September 2019
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108713917
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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.
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- Date Published: September 2019
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108713917
- length: 274 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.41kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction: the strange career of tyranny
Part I. The Rage of Achilles: From Homeric Heroes to Lord and God of the World
Part II. City of God or City of Man? The Tyrant as Modern State-Builder
Part III. The Eagles Will Drop Dead from the Skies: Millenarian Tyranny from Robespierre to Al Qaeda
Conclusion: how democracy can win.
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