{"product_id":"big-caesars-and-little-caesars-how-they-rise-and-how-they-fall-from-julius-caesar-to-boris-johnson-paperback-2","title":"Big Caesars and Little Caesars: How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFerdinand Mount\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wry, informative but deadly - a great book'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Hutton \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fast-paced and impassioned'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. A fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seized power and why they fell.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery democracy, however sophisticated or stable it may look, has been attacked or actually destroyed by a would-be Caesar, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Marx was wrong. Caesarism is not an absurd throwback, it is an ever-present danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are Big Caesars who set out to achieve total social control and Little Caesars who merely want to run an agreeable kleptocracy without opposition: from Julius Caesar and Oliver Cromwell through Napoleon and Bolivar, to Mussolini, Salazar, De Gaulle and Trump. The saga of Boris Johnson and Brexit is a vivid, if Lilliputian instance of the same phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final part of this book describes how and why would-be Caesars come to grief, from the Gunpowder Plot to Trump's march on the Capitol and the ejection of Boris Johnson by his own MPs, and ends with a defence of the grubby glories of parliamentary politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerdinand Mount\u003c\/b\u003e was Political Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e and Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. For two years he was head of Margaret Thatcher's think-tank - The Number 10 Policy Unit. He is an authority on politics today and writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis most recent books are \u003ci\u003eKiss Myself Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eMaking Nice\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Bloomsbury Continuum.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774226456773,"sku":"9781399409728","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/ob8RO0tSuk9781399409728_c1a9302a-abab-442b-8150-cb6a5fbe8d46.webp?v=1770520521","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/big-caesars-and-little-caesars-how-they-rise-and-how-they-fall-from-julius-caesar-to-boris-johnson-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}