Can we learn how to rule? How do military innovations change civil society? What did Machiavelli learn from Xenophon? Shilo Brooks, Faculty Director and Teaching Associate Professor in the Engineering Leadership Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, joins the show to discuss "The Education of Cyrus," by Xenophon.

The Education of Cyrus: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801487507/the-education-of-cyrus/

UC Boulder's Engineering Leadership Program: https://www.colorado.edu/engineeringleadershipprogram/