How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders

How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders - Hardcover

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How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders - Hardcover

How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders - Hardcover

by Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Book Overview

Timeless political wisdom from ancient history's greatest statesman

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.

Back Jacket

"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, coauthor of It's Even Worse Than It Looks

"Cicero's words live forever. In these carefully chosen and well-translated selections on leadership, classicist Philip Freeman offers an astute introduction to one of history's noblest minds."--Barry Strauss, author of Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership
ISBN9780691156576
Author Marcus Tullius Cicero
PublisherPrinceton University Press
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedJanuary 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages152
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, orator, and writer who was active during the turbulent times of the fall of the Roman Republic. Famous for his rhetorical skills and his superb Latin style, he left behind a large body of writings in many genres, including highly influential philosophical works. Katharina Volk is professor of classics at Columbia University and the author of The Roman Republic of Letters (Princeton), among other books.

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