Title: Power & greed : a short history of the world /
Authors: Deane, Philip
Publisher: Constable,
Year: 2002
Subjects: World history.; Avarice.; Power (Social sciences)
Abstract: This text deals with the nature of human greed and the eternal quest for power that, in every era and every culture, has determined why world events happened as they did. The author takes the reader on a journey through time, introducing the great rule makers and the rule breakers.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: PART I: THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT -- 1 Moses (c. 14th-13th century BC) -- 2 Solon (c. 630-560 BC) -- 3 Plato (c. 428-347 BC) -- 4 Jesus (c. 5/1 BC-AD 30/33) -- 5 Brahminism, The Buddha, Lao-tzu, Confucius, -- Muhammad (3102 BC-AD 632) -- PART 2: THE GRAND ACQUISITORS -- 6 Decline of the Roman Empire -- (1st century) -- 7 The Byzantine Empire (6th century) -- 8 Islamic Incursions into Europe (711-1603) -- 9 The Crusades (1095-1204) -- 10 Conquering Latin America (16th century) -- 11 The Conception and Birth-pangs -- of Protestantism (1517-1610) -- 12 Where the Sun that Never Set, -- Did Set (1783-1865) -- 13 The French Revolution and its Aftermath -- (1789-1821) -- 14 Prometheus and the Pax Britannica -- (19th century) -- 15 Three World Wars: Two Hot, One Cold -- (20th century) -- 16 The Global Village (21st century) -- Epilogue -- Appendix: A Sobering Chronology of War -- Notes and Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.