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232 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847730701
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
Publication date: 30 October 2008
Description
The difference between a strong ruler and a despot can be defined by gratuitous cruelty in excess of the need to retain power, but what is it that drives a ruler to this extreme? The tyrants discussed in The Nature of Despotism share common backgr...
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232 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847730701
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
Publication date: 30 October 2008
Description
The difference between a strong ruler and a despot can be defined by gratuitous cruelty in excess of the need to retain power, but what is it that drives a ruler to this extreme? The tyrants discussed in The Nature of Despotism share common backgr...