Summary
Philippe Gigantes: Power and greed: a short history of the world
The author shows the history of the world as a constant struggle for power. He contrasts the great thinkers who created social rules (Moses, Solon, Plato, Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tse, Confucius) with the great "predators" who destroyed and manipulated these rules, influencing the Crusades, the Islamic invasions of Europe, the conquest of both Americas, and the latest events in the USA
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