History's Worst Dictators: A Short Guide to the Most Brutal Rulers, From Emperor

by Michael Rank

Nasty, brutish, and short. This is the way English philosopher Thomas Hobbes described the living conditions into which humans inevitably fall without a strong, central authority. However, Hobbes would agree that living under a brutal dictator could lead to the same conditions. He would know -- he lived a century after the bloody reign of Henry VIII, 150 years after Spanish conquistadors witnessed Montezuma II offering up thousands of human sacrifices,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1484080572
• ISBN13: 9781484080573
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"