He kept his word and expected everyone around him to do the same. He had no ideology beyond creating a just law and sticking to it. Genghis Khan can teach all of us a lot about leadership. JACK WEATHERFORD: In the modern era, overwrought with political ideology, policy, and commentary, we are a world totally bereft of leadership. INDULGE: What do you think we can learn today from a controversial war-lord who lived almost 800 years ago? What could Genghis tell the current administration? His law was far advanced for its time, and he ruled without any taint of corruption. Ended taxes on religious personnel, teachers, physicians, and undertakers. He granted total religious freedom to every person, outlawed the kidnapping or sale of women, instituted diplomatic immunity for all envoys and merchants, even those at war with him.
If a city surrendered to him without a fight, he guaranteed their property and pledged to protect them against all enemies. The secret of the success of his empire was in his reputation for just laws. No ruler could hold such a vast empire by force yet, his empire lasted for a century and a half after his death. However, with a nation of only one million Mongols and an army of 100,000 he defeated nations of hundreds of millions with more than a million soldiers. And if a city ever revolted against him, he killed everyone in it. If they fought him, he totally wiped out their elite and killed all rich people for having lead their people into a war they could not win. JACK WEATHERFORD: What surprised me the most about Genghis Khan was that no matter how fierce he was in battle, in peace, he was equally committed to a strict code of justice. INDULGE: Your book is going to surprise many readers who think of Genghis Khan as tyrant.
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