The Desktop Digest of Despots and Dictators: An A to Z of

The Desktop Digest of Despots and Dictators: An A to Z of Tyranny
The Desktop Digest of Dictators and Despots is a compendium and quick reference guide to historyâ€™s most notorious absolutist rulers and authoritarian regimes. In a handsome hardcover format, this handy encyclopedia of totalitarians is as informative as it is titillating, a lurid panorama of historyâ€™s most malignant autarchs with original full-color portraits and accompanying psychobiographical profiles. From pharaohs to ayatollahs, from Caesar to Hitler, here are fifty-three profiles of historyâ€™s most warped personalities and their shocking crimes. Â
- Roman Emperor Nero, who lit the roads to the Coliseumâ€™s night games by lining them with human torches made of the burning bodies of crucified Christians
- Alfredo Stroessner, under whose administration Paraguay offered comfortable refuge to former Nazis while rifle-toting â€œsportsmenâ€ flocked to the countryside on weekends to legally hunt IndiansÂ
- Idi Amin, the dictator of Uganda, where power outages at the capitol were a routine occurrence because the sluiceways at the nearby hydroelectric dam were clogged with the bodies of so many citizens executed in his torture cells that the pampered local disposal teamâ€”the crocodilesâ€”couldnâ€™t eat them fast enough Â
The horrifying pageant of tyranny has trailed in its wake a vicious train of exploitation, intolerance and oppressionâ€”war, conquest, subjugation, slavery, imprisonment, torture and executionâ€”which continues unabated to the present day. Dictators never disappoint when it comes to proving that absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is the perfect handbook for educators, armchair historians, and pop-culture pundits. Â
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Color illustrations throughout
ReleaseDate 2013-01-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616088309

Country	USA
Brand	Skyhorse
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Color illustrations throughout
ReleaseDate	2013-01-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616088309

The Desktop Digest of Despots and Dictators: An A to Z of Tyranny