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02714aam a2200349 i 4500 001 819D86B882BB11EEB9461FF036ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231114010030 008 230609s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023015033 020 $a 1541644867 020 $a 9781541644861 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IMmBT $d SILO 050 00 $a PR3017 $b .C595 2023 082 00 $2 23/eng/20230612 100 1 $a Cohen, Eliot A., $e author. $9 6171 245 14 $a THE HOLLOW CROWN : $b SHAKESPEARE ON HOW LEADERS RISE, RULE, AND FALL / $c Eliot A. Cohen. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2023. 300 $a 277 pages ; $c 25 cm 500 $a 2023/10/24 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index. 520 $a "More so than any politician or philosopher, it is William Shakespeare who can teach us about power. What it is, what it means, how it is gained, used, and lost. From the princes and kings of Henry IV to the scheming senators of Julius Caesar, politics fills his plays: brutal cunning, Machiavellian manipulation, fatal overreach, even the rare possibility of redemption. And it is these enduring narratives that can teach us how power plays out to this day. In The Hollow Crown, military scholar Eliot A. Cohen decodes Shakespeare's understanding of politics as theater, shedding light on how businesses, corporations, and governments work in the modern world. The White House, after all, is a court, with intrigues and rivalries just as Shakespeare described, asis an army, a department of state, or even a university. And, besides their settings, what most of all defines these various dramas are their characters, in all their ambition, cruelty, hope, and humanity. Cohen looks to the inspiring speeches of Henry Vto better understand John F. Kennedy, to Richard III's darkness to plumb Adolf Hitler's psychology, and to Prospero from The Tempest for a window into George Washington's graceful abdication of power. Ultimately, through Cohen's incisive gaze, Shakespeare's work becomes a skeleton key into the lives of the leaders who, for good or ill, have made and remade our world"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616 $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Shakespeare, William, $d 1564-1616 $x Criticism and interpretation. $9 75286 650 0 $a Political leadership in literature. 650 0 $a Political leadership $x History. 650 0 $a Power (Social sciences) $9 62983 650 0 $a Speeches, addresses, etc., $x History and criticism. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20231114010322.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=819D86B882BB11EEB9461FF036ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search