Title: The Prince Of The City

Format: Audio CD

Brand: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Genre: History, Biographies & True Stories, New York

UPC: 9781433203343

Special Notes: Unabridged, 12 Audio CD Set

Condition: New With Factory Shrink Wrap ( UPC code has black mark )

Audio CD Release Date: 2006

In the dark days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Rudy Giuliani established himself as "America's mayor." This first post-9/11 account of his career shows how Giuliani's successes in New York set a promising example for the rejuvenation of our major cities. As one who has worked with him as well as studied him, Fred Siegel regards Giuliani as a shrewd tactician and artist of the possible, who could have stepped out of the pages of Machiavelli'sThe Prince. A self-promoting, self-absorbed man, the mayor made his enormous ego and tribal ethos serve the city's well-being, promoting ideals that transcended New York's ethnic politics and business as usual.The Prince of the Cityis at once a fascinating character study, a history of New York over the last forty years, and a classic inquiry into the issue of how cities thrive or die.