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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
Description: The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics presents a theory of political survival that shows how leaders maintain power by prioritizing the interests of key supporter groups
ISBN: 161039044X
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Joel_Mckay · 2023-12-31 · Original thread
This book explains when wars serve national policy. For example, authoritarian states who failed to handle the Pandemic would also strongly suggest a tragedy must unfold to retain power.

"The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" ( 2011, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith )

https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po...

Not a pleasant read, but a well reasoned model of violent human behavior. =)