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Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power by David Priestland
Category: History
We live in an age ruled by merchants. Competition, flexibility and profit are still the common currency, even at a time when Western countries have been driven off a cliff by these very values. But will it always be this way? "Merchant, Soldier, Sage" is a remarkable book that proposes a radical new app ...Show more
Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power by David Priestland
Category: History
From historian David Priestland, this is remarkable book proposes a radical approach to how we see our world and who runs it. We live in an age ruled by merchants. Competition, flexibility and profit are still the common currency, even at a time when Western countries have been driven off a cliff by the ...Show more
The Red Flag: Communism and the Making of the Modern World by David Priestland
Category: History
Communism was one of the most powerful political and intellectual movements of the modern world; at the height of its influence over a third of the world's population lived under Communist rule. And yet very few predicted either its bewildering rise or sudden decline, while even close observers were mys ...Show more
The Red Flag: How Communism Changed the World by David Priestland
Category: History
Communism was one of the most powerful political and intellectual movements of the modern world; at the height of its influence over a third of the world's population lived under Communist rule. And yet very few predicted either its bewildering rise or sudden decline, while even close observers were mys ...Show more
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