The Dictators
64 Dictators, 64 Authors, 64 Warnings from History
Seiten
2024
Hodder & Stoughton (Verlag)
978-1-3997-2160-8 (ISBN)
Hodder & Stoughton (Verlag)
978-1-3997-2160-8 (ISBN)
64 dictators, 64 authors, 64 warnings: a timely collection of essays by acclaimed historians, politicians, journalists and academics, edited by Iain Dale.
**IAIN DALE'S LATEST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS: AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW**
Praise for Iain Dale:
'Riveting and enlightening. A history lesson via a novel route. ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Really enjoying reading this book. It is easy to dip in and out and each chapter is well written.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Illuminating yet balanced' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Were the signs that Putin is a ruthless dictator there all along? How should we deal with President Xi of China? Given the world seems to be moving more and more towards authoritarian rule, this is the right moment to seek warnings, and lessons, from history.
In The Dictators, Iain Dale brings together 64 essays by historians, academics, journalists and politicians about elected and unelected dictators, wartime and peacetime dictators, those driven by ideology and those with a reputation for sheer brutality. How did these tyrants, autocrats and despots seize power - and how did they exercise it? And how did they lose it? Very few dictators die peacefully in their own beds, after all.
Only by examining these figures from the 6th century BC to the present, from ancient Greece to present day Saudi Arabia, do patterns start to emerge. We can see the shared character traits, the common conditions, the patterns of behaviour that have enabled dictators to seize power - time and time again.
The Dictators is acutely relevant to world politics today: it is indeed a warning from history. Will we take heed? Or will history, in fact, teach us that history teaches us nothing?
**IAIN DALE'S LATEST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS: AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW**
Praise for Iain Dale:
'Riveting and enlightening. A history lesson via a novel route. ' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Really enjoying reading this book. It is easy to dip in and out and each chapter is well written.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Illuminating yet balanced' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Were the signs that Putin is a ruthless dictator there all along? How should we deal with President Xi of China? Given the world seems to be moving more and more towards authoritarian rule, this is the right moment to seek warnings, and lessons, from history.
In The Dictators, Iain Dale brings together 64 essays by historians, academics, journalists and politicians about elected and unelected dictators, wartime and peacetime dictators, those driven by ideology and those with a reputation for sheer brutality. How did these tyrants, autocrats and despots seize power - and how did they exercise it? And how did they lose it? Very few dictators die peacefully in their own beds, after all.
Only by examining these figures from the 6th century BC to the present, from ancient Greece to present day Saudi Arabia, do patterns start to emerge. We can see the shared character traits, the common conditions, the patterns of behaviour that have enabled dictators to seize power - time and time again.
The Dictators is acutely relevant to world politics today: it is indeed a warning from history. Will we take heed? Or will history, in fact, teach us that history teaches us nothing?
Iain Dale is an award-winning broadcaster and presenter of the Evening Show on LBC Radio. He is the author/editor of more than 30 books and co-host of the For the Many podcast and the Iain Dale Book Club podcast. He was named Radio Presenter of the Year for 2013 and 2016 and is the former Managing Director of Biteback Publishing. He hosts the theatre show Iain Dale All Talk. Iain lives in Tunbridge Wells.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 880 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3997-2160-7 / 1399721607 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3997-2160-8 / 9781399721608 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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