How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for How to Run a Country O"How to Win an Election" was a delight--and "How to Run a Country" is even better. Cicero's acute observations about how to govern will resonate with everyone who recognizes that the tribalism, ideological extremism, and coarsened culture of politics today urgently need to change."--Norman J. Ornstein, co-author of "It's Even Worse Than It Looks."
Full description- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Published: 08 February 2013
- Format: Hardback 152 pages
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- Categories: Political Science & Theory | Political Leaders & Leadership | Public Administration | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500 | Social & Political Philosophy
- ISBN 13: 9780691156576 ISBN 10: 0691156573
- Sales rank: 115,759
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Full description for How to Run a Country
Marcus Cicero, Rome's greatest statesman and orator, was elected to the Roman Republic's highest office at a time when his beloved country was threatened by power-hungry politicians, dire economic troubles, foreign turmoil, and political parties that refused to work together. Sound familiar? Cicero's letters, speeches, and other writings are filled with timeless wisdom and practical insight about how to solve these and other problems of leadership and politics. How to Run a Country collects the best of these writings to provide an entertaining, common sense guide for modern leaders and citizens. This brief book, a sequel to How to Win an Election, gathers Cicero's most perceptive thoughts on topics such as leadership, corruption, the balance of power, taxes, war, immigration, and the importance of compromise. These writings have influenced great leaders--including America's Founding Fathers--for two thousand years, and they are just as instructive today as when they were first written. Organized by topic and featuring lively new translations, the book also includes an introduction, headnotes, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix containing the original Latin texts. The result is an enlightening introduction to some of the most enduring political wisdom of all time.
