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Big Caesars and Little Caesars : How They Rise and How They Fall - from Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023 [©2023]

1 online resource (264 pages)

Englisch

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978-1-3994-0973-5

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LOC-SH: Political science

Intro -- Half-Title -- Title -- Contents -- Prologue -- PART I THE IDEA OF A CAESAR -- 1 Why Is He There? -- 2 The Hero Worshipper -- 3 Augustus and Auguste - and Adolf -- 4 The Comforting Illusion -- 5 How It Starts -- PART II THE MAKING OF CAESARS -- 6 The Invention of Charisma -- 7 The Timing -- 8 The Art of Noble Lying -- 9 The Resistible Rise of Boris Johnson -- 10 The Lectern -- 11 The Five Acts -- 12 The Enemy at the Gates -- PART III THE UNMAKING OF CAESARS -- 13 Catiline on the Run -- 14 Gunpowder, Treason and Plot(?) -- 15 The Dinner Party That Never Was -- 16 The Beer Hall Putsch -- 17 Mrs Gandhi's Emergency -- 18 Superman Falls to Earth - the Toppling of BoJo -- 19 Donald Trump and the March on the Capitol -- PART IV THE SACREDEST PLACE -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Picture Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Copyright.