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Great Leaders, Great Tyrants?: Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History
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by Arnold Blumberg
Sales Rank: 951826
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List Price: $66.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 368 pages
Published by: Greenwood Press January 30, 1995
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0313287511
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0313287510
Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
Product Review
the book should be useful for teachers and advanced students researching world history and political topics.The Book Report
A fascinating approach to the history of political leadership that focuses on the essential questions: 'Can a leader be effective without being tyrannical?' and 'At what point does tyranny begin to self-destruct?' The writing throughout is graceful and authoritative. The subject index is detailed. A solid resource for political biography, for debate, and for the promotion of critical-thinking skills.School Library Journal
This work can serve as a useful introduction to the lives and policies of numerous historically prominent rulers. Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? should initiate study and analysis, and lead to consultation of more substantive works describing and analyzing the lives and policies of these individuals.ARBA
Product Description
Can a political leader be effective without being tyrannical? Most biographies tend to treat the tyrannical aspect of a great leader's career as a contradiction to be minimized. This book looks at the creative and tyrannical aspects of a political leader's career as the anticipated consequences of the exercise of power. Biographical profiles of 52 major world leaders throughout history, written by subject specialists, feature pro/con essays reflecting contemporary views of the creative and tyrannical aspects of their record. They provide librarians, students, and researchers with critical insights into the figure's beliefs, a better understanding of his or her actions, and a more complete reflection on his or her place in history. Coverage is global, from Indira Gandhi to Fidel Castro, and spans history from the Egyptian king Akhenaton to Mikhail Gorbachev. Among the leaders profiled are Otto von Bismarck, Oliver Cromwell, Charles de Gaulle, Elizabeth I, Ho Chi Minh, Lenin, Louis XIV, Mao Zedong, Napoleon I, Kwame Nkrumah, Juan Peron, and Tito. Each biography begins with full name, dates of the leader's lifetime, offices held, and a general introduction placing the leader in historical context. A full biographical essay follows. The editor then presents two essays, in debate format, contrasting the creative and tyrannical roles of the subject from a contemporary viewpoint. Each biography concludes with suggestions for additional reading about the subject. An important resource tool, students will use Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? for debate and critical examination of periods of world history and the exercise of power.
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