In the shadow of the gods: the emperor in world history
"A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world's empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the c...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world's empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the third millennium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the twentieth century, the empire has been the dominant form of power in history. Dominic Lieven's expansive book explores strengths and failings of the human beings who held those empires together (or let them crumble). He projects the power, terror, magnificence, and confidence of imperial monarchy, tracking what they had in common as well as what made some rise to glory and others fail spectacularly, and at what price each destiny was reached. Lieven's characters-Constantine, Chinggis Khan, Trajan, Suleyman, Hadrian, Louis XIV, Maria Theresa, Peter the Great, Queen Victoria, and dozens more-come alive with color, energy, and detail: their upbringings, their loves, their crucial spouses, their dreadful children. They illustrate how politics and government are a gruelling business: a ruler needed stamina, mental and physical toughness, and self-confidence. He or she needed the sound judgement of problems and people which is partly innate but also the product of education and experience. A good brain was essential for setting priorities, weighing conflicting advice, and matching ends to needs. A diplomatically astute marriage was often even more essential. Emperors (and the rare empresses) could be sacred symbols, warrior kings, political leaders, chief executive officers of the government machine, heads of a family, and impresarios directing the many elements of "soft power" essential to any regime's survival. What was it like to live and work in such an extraordinary role? What qualities did it take to perform this role successfully? Lieven traces the shifting balance among these elements across eras that encompass a staggering array of events from the rise of the world's great religions to the scientific revolution, the expansion of European empires across oceans, the great twentieth century conflicts, and the triumph of nationalism over imperialism"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Place of publication from publisher's website "First published in hardcover in Great Britain by Allen Lane, in 2022"--Title page verso |
| Beschreibung: | xxii, 500 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten |
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| 520 | 3 | |a Lieven's characters-Constantine, Chinggis Khan, Trajan, Suleyman, Hadrian, Louis XIV, Maria Theresa, Peter the Great, Queen Victoria, and dozens more-come alive with color, energy, and detail: their upbringings, their loves, their crucial spouses, their dreadful children. They illustrate how politics and government are a gruelling business: a ruler needed stamina, mental and physical toughness, and self-confidence. He or she needed the sound judgement of problems and people which is partly innate but also the product of education and experience. A good brain was essential for setting priorities, weighing conflicting advice, and matching ends to needs. A diplomatically astute marriage was often even more essential. Emperors (and the rare empresses) could be sacred symbols, warrior kings, political leaders, chief executive officers of the government machine, heads of a family, and impresarios directing the many elements of "soft power" essential to any regime's survival. | |
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| adam_text | Contents List of Illustrations xi Preface and Acknowledgements xv i Being an Emperor i z Cradle of Empire: The Ancient Near East and the World’s First Emperors 36 3 The Persian Emperors and Alexander of Macedon 47 4 The Roman Imperial Monarchy 56 5 Ashoka, India and the Origins of Buddhism 76 6 The Origins of Chinese Emperorship 88 7 Nomads 106 8 Imperial Civilization and Chinese Tradition: The Tang and Song Dynasties 127 9 The Islamic Caliphate: The Ultimate Universal Empire 157 10 Charles V and Philip II: The First Global Emperors ii Emperors, Caliphs and Sultans: The Ottoman Dynasty 180 210 12 The Mughals; India’s Greatest Dynasty 244 13 China’s Last Dynasties: The Ming and the Qing 275 14 The Romanovs: Dynastic, Russian, European and Eurasian Emperors 305 15 Europe on the Eve of Modernity: The Habsburgs, the French Revolution and Napoleon 343 16 Emperors and Modernity: 1815-194 5 377 17 Afterword 428 Notes 437 Index 483 ix
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| title_short | In the shadow of the gods |
| title_sort | in the shadow of the gods the emperor in world history |
| title_sub | the emperor in world history |
| topic | Kaiser (DE-588)4114123-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | Kaiser Biografie |
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