Tyrants : a history of power, injustice, and terror / Waller R. Newell.
Tyrants : a history of power, injustice, and terror / Waller R. Newell.
Tyrants : a history of power, injustice, and terror / Waller R. Newell.
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/2444
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English
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Physical content
vii, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- The strange career of tyranny -- The three faces of tyranny -- The ancient and modern understandings of tyranny -- tyrants in waiting : terrorism and the righteous anger of young men -- The beautification of violence -- The challenge of tyranny in today's world -- pt,. I. The rage of...
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
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 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 Bronz...
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Tyrants : a history of power, injustice, and terror / Waller R. Newell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2444
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74VKVd8Nq3kO
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1107083052 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781107083059 (hardback ; alk. paper)
DDC
321.909
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991024002616402626
