This smart handbook gathers, in a concise and accessible format, a wealth of insight and information on 50 of the most vital political thinkers of all time and 10 major movements that have fundamentally changed the way people live. Rediscover the key thoughts and actions of Lenin, Mao, Guevara, and Washington. Consider the founders of empires and dictatorships with Genghis Khan, Queen Victoria, Hitler, and Napoleon. Review the great leaps in political thought with the words and works of Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, and Fukuyama. ...
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This smart handbook gathers, in a concise and accessible format, a wealth of insight and information on 50 of the most vital political thinkers of all time and 10 major movements that have fundamentally changed the way people live. Rediscover the key thoughts and actions of Lenin, Mao, Guevara, and Washington. Consider the founders of empires and dictatorships with Genghis Khan, Queen Victoria, Hitler, and Napoleon. Review the great leaps in political thought with the words and works of Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, and Fukuyama. Understand the thinking of the idealists in pursuit of political justice from Cromwell and Lincoln to Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Everything about the complex issues and great personalities that have shaped the path of history is expertly packed into this pocketful of knowledge.
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The dust jacket is clean and undamaged. This is an ex library book, stickers and markings accordingly Hardcover Book, Very good condition, but may have some minor wear to the cover or dust jacket, Pages are clean with little to no markings. May have name or inscription inside cover, Email with questions, Items are uploaded with their own individual photo, but when Multiple Items are for sale only one representative photo may be shown. Actual Photos are availible upon request. Fast Shipping-Safe and Secure!
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6? "-7? " tall; Type: Hardback First US Edition, 2008. Originally published by Elwin Street Lmt. London, UK, 2007. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Appears unused. In green cloth with white titles to spine; tight, solid and square with sharp corners. The ideas of fifty of the most influential names in the history of global politics and ten of the political theories that have fundamentally affected the way we live today--from Plato to Mao Tse-tung, from Bismarck to Nelson Mandela; Churchill, Ghandi, Ataturk Garibaldi, Genghis Khan, Lincoln, Machiavelli, etc; and Democracy, Socialism, Colonialism, Totalitarianism, etc. 128 pages, indexed. 5.4 x 7.5 inches. 2008, Chicago Review Press, Chicago, Illinois.