How Tyrants Fall : And How Nations Survive by Dirsus, Marcel

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Author: Dirsus, MarcelPolitical science & theoryPublished on 16 January 2025 by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 304 pages, N/A128 x 198 x 22 | 218g
Thought-provoking, vivid and often entertaining DAILY TELEGRAPHCompelling FINANCIAL TIMESThought-provoking THE ECONOMISTGripping . . . Essential and captivating BRADLEY HOPEHOW DO WE END TYRANNY? Tyrants seem invincible, but they face constant threats from all sides. Whether its by members of their inner circle, military elites, alienated masses, assassins, revolutionaries, or simply old age they always fall. And when they do, they cannot retire: they face exile, prison or death. The aftermath can be catastrophic.Meeting with improbable coup plotters, intelligence officers, rebel commanders and fugitive dissidents, Dr Marcel Dirsus draws on extraordinary interviews to unpick the vulnerabilities of the worlds strongmen.How Tyrants Fall is an essential guide to decapitating tyranny, and a warning of what happens if we do.