Apenetrating and incisive study of the fanaticism and foibles of some of history's most illustrious names From Assad to Nero, Gaddafi to Ivan The Terrible, this work attempts a thorough illumination of the minds of some of the most powerful people in history. While leaving some room to describe the amusing incidents and eccentricities associated with a host of men and women of power, it also reaches into the terrifying depths and depravities of minds that shaped the destinies of peoples and nations.Using aunique combination of history, politics, and psychology, this bookfullydescribeshow power not only corrupts but deranges."