Call from the cave : our cruel nature and quest for power /

This book explores the nature of power in persons, groups and nations by asking a question that we can understand in contemporary terms. What would Bill Gates do if he had Hitler's absolute power? It is a sociological question that exposes power as a tool of control over the powerless, not as a...

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Main Author: Huer, Jon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, [2013]
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