Warrior politics : why leadership demands a pagan ethos
Title:
Warrior politics : why leadership demands a pagan ethos
Author:
Kaplan, Robert D., 1952-
ISBN:
9780375505638
9781588360809
9780375726279
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, ©2002.
Physical Description:
xxii, 198 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
There is no "modern" world -- Churchill's River War -- Livy's Punic War -- Sun-Tzu and Thucydides -- Machiavellian virtue -- Fate and intervention -- The great disturbers: Hobbes and Malthus -- The Holocaust, realism, and Kant -- The world of Achilles: ancient soldiers, modern warriors -- Warring states China and global governance -- Tiberius.
Abstract:
The author draws on the historical wisdom of Sun-Tzu, Thucydides, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and other great thinkers to provide advice for modern-day world leaders confronted with the complex challenges of modern life.
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