The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita with Alastair Smith

352 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics informative medium-paced
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Features two political scientists who show how the rules of politics almost always favour leaders who ignore the national interest and focus on serving their own supporters. In this book, the authors reveal their simple, crucial conclusion: leader...

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