Xenophon's Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

About this book

Twenty-five hundred years ago Cyrus a great Persian leader of wisdom and virtue created the Persian Empire conquered Babylon freed forty thousand Jews from captivity wrote mankinds first human rights charter and ruled over those he had defeated with respect and benevolence. The Iranians came to regard Cyrus as "The Father " the Babylonians as "The Liberator " and the Jews as "The Anointed of the Lord." The Greeks called him "The Law Giver " and a century after Cyruss death an admiring Xenophon of Athens wrote an epic account of Cyruss many leadership principles at war and at peace. By freshening the voice and style that Xenophon ascribed to Cyrus Larry Hedrick has fashioned a more intimate Cyrus. A new generation of readers including executives managers and military officers can now learn from Cyruss leaderships and wisdom in Xenophons narrative.