No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World

In this exploration of shadowy, behind-the-scenes operators, "each portrait provides an incisive dissection of the acquisition and maintenance of power" (The Nation).

Journalist Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders—he's interested in the dark figures who wield power from the shadows. And, as Barshad shows in No One Man Should Have All That Power, these master manipulators are not confined to political backrooms. They can be f...