No One Man Should Have All That Power

An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control. The natural habitat of these manipulators is not only political backrooms. It's anywhere power dynamics exist. In this wildly entertaining, wideranging, and insightful exploration of the phenomenon, Barshad takes readers into the lives of more than a dozen of these notorious figures, starting with Grigori Rasputin. Barshad explores how they got there, how they wielded control, what led to their downfall or staved it off, and what lessons we can take from them, including how to spot Rasputins in the wild.