TY  - BOOK
AU  - Philippe Gigantes
AU  - GIGANTES (Philippe)
TI  - Power and greed: A short history of the world
SN  - 1841195537
U1  - 909 23
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London
PB  - Constable
KW  - World History
KW  - French Revolution
KW  - Roman Empire
KW  - Protestantism
N2  - This lively and fascinating book by a professor of history deals with human greed and power and how these determine world events. Gigantès takes the reader on a hair-raising journey through time, introducing on the one hand the great rule makers for just society, men such as Moses, Solon, Jesus and Muhammad, and on the other, the rule-breakers, termed 'Grand Acquisitors'. The latter, motivated by greed, use every means fair and foul to acquire more than their share - from the warring chieftains of early societies to the so-called robber barons of the nineteenth century and in our own times, the emergence of the superpower states
ER  -