Gebundenes Buch

Dictators and Autocrats

Securing Power Across Global Politics

Herausgeber: Larres, Klaus

Beschreibung

In order to truly understand the emergence, endurance and legacy of autocracy, this volume of engaging essays explores how autocratic power is acquired, exercised and transferred or abruptly ended, through the careers and politics of influential figures in more than 20 countries and six regions.

Autor

Klaus Larres is the Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as Counselor and Senior Policy Adviser at the German Embassy in Beijing, held the Kissinger Chair in International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and was a Fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) ¿ German Institute for International Security and Affairs think tank in Berlin. Among his many publications are the books Churchill¿s Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy; Uncertain Allies: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Threat of a United Europe; and Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs (co-edited).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9780367607869
• ISBN-10: 0367607867
• Artikelnr.: 62221861