EMPIRES COME, EMPIRES GO

About the Book

This is a panorama involving strong men who lead their countries in order to achieve power and conquer territory, supposedly, to last forever. Their dreams have sent them far and wide in order to spread their influence and fame. They are driven by ego, brutality, a desire for wealth and a lust for being idolized. Numerous lives have needlessly been lost and mass destruction has occurred, but their dreams, generally, have been eroded or short-lived. None of the empires of yesterday exist any longer.

About the Author

Sidney Owitz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He grew up and received his education there. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Cape Town, and did his Residency at the Johannesburg Hospital. Thereafter he entered into private practice and became the Senior Medical Officer at the Randfontein Estates Gold Mine, which at that time was the largest mine in the world. He then migrated to the United States (legally) where he became an anesthesiologist. He worked at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York for twenty-three years, after which he moved to Florida and became Chief of Anesthesia at the Delray Medical Center. He retired in 2005, and then started writing books. He has published thirteen books.