
The Tyrants
The Story of Histories Most Ruthless Oppressors
Clive Foss(Author)
Quercus Publishing
Published on 2. November 2006
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-905204-79-3 (ISBN)
Description
From Herod to Papa Doc Duvalier, from Nero to Saddam Hussein, here are 50 chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule left an indelible mark on the history of the world. Presenting a compelling chronology of the moments in history when the principles of government and law were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious and unscrupulous, "The Tyrants" recounts the story of each dictator individually. From irresistible rise to inevitable fall, it describes how these men and women - as often outcasts or outsiders as kings or queens - were able to manipulate the political climate of their states to seize absolute power and examines the destruction and suffering they invariably left in their wake.
From Herod to Papa Doc Duvalier, from Nero to Saddam Hussein, here are 50 chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule left an indelible mark on the history of the world. Presenting a compelling chronology of the moments in history when the principles of government and law were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious and unscrupulous, "The Tyrants" recounts the story of each dictator individually. From irresistible rise to inevitable fall, it describes how these men and women - as often outcasts or outsiders as kings or queens - were able to manipulate the political climate of their states to seize absolute power and examines the destruction and suffering they invariably left in their wake.
From Herod to Papa Doc Duvalier, from Nero to Saddam Hussein, here are 50 chilling portraits of the despots whose iron-fisted rule left an indelible mark on the history of the world. Presenting a compelling chronology of the moments in history when the principles of government and law were corrupted by the vanity of the ambitious and unscrupulous, "The Tyrants" recounts the story of each dictator individually. From irresistible rise to inevitable fall, it describes how these men and women - as often outcasts or outsiders as kings or queens - were able to manipulate the political climate of their states to seize absolute power and examines the destruction and suffering they invariably left in their wake.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 188 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-905204-79-3 (9781905204793)
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Clive Foss is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington DC, where he specialises in dictatorships, and ancient civilizations. He is a regular contributor to History Today and is widely published, having written books on Juan and Eva Peron, Fidel Castro, Rome and Byzantium.
Clive Foss is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington DC, where he specialises in dictatorships, and ancient civilizations. He is a regular contributor to History Today and is widely published, having written books on Juan and Eva Peron, Fidel Castro, Rome and Byzantium.
Clive Foss is Professor of History at Georgetown University, Washington DC, where he specialises in dictatorships, and ancient civilizations. He is a regular contributor to History Today and is widely published, having written books on Juan and Eva Peron, Fidel Castro, Rome and Byzantium.
Content
Introduction Xerxes (485-465 BC) Dionysius of Sicily (405-367 BC) Qin Shi Huang (247-210 BC) Julius Caesar (49-44 BC) Herod the Great (37-4 BC) Caligula (AD 37-41) Nero (AD 54-68) Commodus (180-92) Justinian (527-65) Wu Zetian (690-705) Al-Hakim (996-1021) King John (1199-1216) Genghis Khan (1206-27) Muhammad Tughlak (1325-51) Tamerlane (1370-1405) Vlad "The Impaler" (1456-62) Cesare Borgia (1500-03) Selim the Grim (1512-20) Ivan the Terrible (1533-84) Bloody Mary (1553-8) Oliver Cromwell (1653-8) Maximilien Robespierre (1793-4) Napoleon (1799-1814) Jose Rodriguez de Francia (1814-40) Shaka Zulu (1816-28) Mutesa I of Buganda (1856-84) Francisco Solano Lopez (1862-70) Leopold II (1865-1909) Abdul Hamid II (1876-1909) Vladimir Lenin (1917-24) Benito Mussolini (1922-43) Josef Stalin (1929-53) Rafael Trujillo (1930-61) Adolf Hitler (1933-45) Francisco Franco (1936-75) Kim Il Sung (1945-94) Juan Peron (1946-55) Mao Zedong (1949-76) Sukarno (1949-66) "Papa Doc" Duvalier (1957-71) Nicolae Ceausescu (1965-89) Joseph-Desire Mobutu (1965-97) Jean-Bedel Bokassa (1966-79) Muammar al-Qaddafi (1969- ) Idi Amin (1971-9) Augusto Pinochet (1973-86) Pol Pot (1975-9) Ayatollah Khomeini (1979-89) Saddam Hussein (1979-2003) Slobodan Milosevic (1989-2000) Index