{"product_id":"ruling-through-fear-how-power-weaponized-terror-from-assyria-to-the-digital-age-9798265559760","title":"Ruling Through Fear: How Power Weaponized Terror from Assyria to the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stefano Rodeiro\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFear has ruled more than laws.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Assyria to Nazism, from Aztec sacrifices to concentration camps, history reveals an unsettling truth: the most effective power was not always the sword or the law-but terror itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empire of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e spans more than 3,000 years, showing how kings, priests, and dictators turned dread into a political tool. Crucifixions, pyres, purges, and bombings: every era forged its own language of fear to subjugate entire peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Assyrian and Roman terror \"educated\" through public punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy religions used fear as ritual obedience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow the 20th century industrialized horror with propaganda and surveillance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat echoes of all this remain in today's governments and conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book as unsettling as it is revealing. If you want to understand why fear is still the hidden language of power, this historical journey is essential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46332835692695,"sku":"9798265559760","price":848.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798265559760.webp?v=1768667890","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ruling-through-fear-how-power-weaponized-terror-from-assyria-to-the-digital-age-9798265559760","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}