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Character Assassination Throughout the Ages
. Ed(S): Icks, Martijn; Shiraev, Eric
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Description for Character Assassination Throughout the Ages
paperback. Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and identity of their victims. Numerous historical examples show that character assassination has always been a very effective weapon to win political battles or settle personal scores. Editor(s): Icks, Martijn; Shiraev, Eric. Num Pages: 294 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JMH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and identity of their victims. Numerous historical examples show that character assassination has always been a very effective weapon to win political battles or settle personal scores.
Using a variety of cases from history and today's life, the book examines character attackers targeting the private lives, behavior, values, and identity of their victims. Numerous historical examples show that character assassination has always been a very effective weapon to win political battles or settle personal scores.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
283
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349485123
SKU
V9781349485123
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Icks, Martijn; Shiraev, Eric
Martijn Icks is a researcher and teacher at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as a former Marie Curie Fellow. He specializes in Roman imperial history and the history of character assassination. His study on the Roman emperor Elagabalus has appeared in three languages. Eric Shiraev is author, co-author, and co-editor of fourteen books and numerous publications in ... Read more
Reviews for Character Assassination Throughout the Ages
"The can be few pleasures more delicious than witnessing the savaging of the reputations of the great and the good. This volume treats us to a rich smorgasbord of notable defamations, from the Romans down to our own day. They are served up by experts who seek to inform and entertain us and who succeed at both." - Anthony Barrett, ... Read more