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The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
What if power has less to do with ideology and more to do with cold, ruthless math? The Dictator’s Handbook dismantles the illusions of noble governance, revealing a chillingly pragmatic logic that guides both tyrants and democrats alike. In a world where survival hinges not on serving the people but on satisfying a select few, loyalty is currency and betrayal a tool of the trade. Witty, unflinching, and unsettlingly honest, this book invites readers to peer behind the curtain of leadership—and ask whether virtue ever truly rules. Do leaders shape systems, or do systems shape the leaders we get?
- Originally Published: September 2011
- Publisher: PublicAffairs
- Published: July 31, 2012
- Genre: Politics
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1610391849
- Access: Members
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The Prince
In a world where loyalty flickers and power is fleeting, The Prince reads like a dark mirror held up to the ambitions of rulers and the hearts of men. With razor-edged clarity, it unveils a ruthless political theatre where morality bends beneath necessity, and virtue may be the enemy of survival. Can a leader be both feared and loved—or must he choose? Part manifesto, part cautionary tale, this chillingly pragmatic guide strips away idealism to reveal the brutal mechanics of control, legacy, and the human hunger to command fate. It whispers dangerous truths to anyone who would dare to rule.
- Originally Published: 1532
- Publisher: FingerPrint Classics, 2023
- Genre: Political Science
- Pages: 170
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-8175993075
- Access: Members
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Propaganda
In Propaganda, the unseen gears of modern society are laid bare—revealing how public opinion is not discovered, but designed. With chilling precision, it explores how invisible hands shape beliefs, habits, and even desires, turning democracy into a theater of managed consent. Is freedom still freedom if our thoughts are orchestrated by unseen forces? At once clinical and provocative, this book whispers a dangerous truth: those who understand persuasion rule the minds of the many. A mirror and a warning, it beckons the reader to question not only what they think—but why they think it.
- Originally Published: 1928
- Publisher: iG Publishing, 2004
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 175
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0970312594
- Access: Members