Xenophon's Cyrus the Great
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Xenophon's Cyrus the Great

The Arts of Leadership and War

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Xenophon's Cyrus the Great

The Arts of Leadership and War

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This classic portrait of the ancient Persian king is "still the best book on leadership" (Peter F. Drucker). Cyrus, a great Persian leader, was so widely and memorably respected that a hundred years later, Xenophon of Athens wrote this admiring book about the greatest leader of his era. Among his many achievements, this great leader of wisdom and virtue founded and extended the Persian Empire; conquered Babylon; freed 40, 000 Jews from captivity; wrote mankind's first human rights charter; and ruled over those he had conquered with respect and benevolence. According to historian Will Durant, Cyrus the Great's military enemies knew that he was lenient, and they did not fight him with that desperate courage which men show when their only choice is "to kill or die." As a result the Iranians regarded him as "The Father, " the Babylonians as "The Liberator, " the Greeks as the "Law-Giver, " and the Jews as the "Anointed of the Lord." By freshening the leader's voice, style, and diction, Larry Hedrick has created a more contemporary Cyrus, and also contributes an introduction describing him and his times. A new generation of readers, including business executives and managers, military officers, and government officials, can now learn about and benefit from Cyrus the Great's extraordinary achievements, which exceeded all other leaders' throughout antiquity.

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Publisher
Truman Talley Books
Year
2007
ISBN
9781429905312
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Leadership
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction by Larry Hedrick
  7. 1. Boldness at the Beginning
  8. 2. Advice Fit for Royalty
  9. 3. Rules to Compete By
  10. 4. Seize the Day
  11. 5. Swelling the Ranks
  12. 6. Spurs to Speed
  13. 7. Hearts Joined as One
  14. 8. Shifting the Balance
  15. 9. Straight On to Success
  16. 10. The Kindness of Friends
  17. 11. Mastering the Ego
  18. 12. To Change the World
  19. 13. The Clash of Arms
  20. 14. On the Wings of Victory
  21. 15. The Temptations of Success
  22. 16. When Harmony Reigns
  23. 17. Leadership and Cunning
  24. 18. The Wisdom of the Ages