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Caccia al potere (The Pursuit of Power) è un saggio di William McNeill che affronta le complesse tematiche del rapporto fra forza militare, società, economia e tecnologia all'interno della storia.
1 set 2016 · Richard J. Evans' The Pursuit of Power recounts the European century between Waterloo and World War I. Evans (author of The Third Reich trilogy) affords readers a remarkably comprehensive look at post-Napoleonic Europe, teeming with anxious statesmen and traumatized peoples barely recovered from two decades of continental war.
In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us.
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29 nov 2016 · “ The Pursuit of Power... unpacks the fascinatingly complex and interconnected range of historical forces at work between 1815 and 1914. . . [A] skillful interweave of political conflict and transition, economic transformation social upheaval and cultural change.”—
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28 giu 2012 · The Pursuit of Power does not solve the problems of the present, but its discoveries, hypotheses, and sheer breadth of learning do offer a perspective on our current fears and, as McNeill hopes, 'a ground for wiser action'."--Publisher description
1 gen 2001 · In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. McNeill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the frightening dilemmas that now confront us.
