Customer Review: There are many, many excellent books addressing the current economic crisis, the utter failure of deregulation, the outrageous excesses, looting and crimes of Wall Street, the destruction of the middle class, the horrid debt burden left for our children, the fantastic increase in disparity between... more info
Customer Review: Another mighty tour de force from Ferguson, aided by some super smart research helpers at Oxford and Harvard. Following on from his earlier 'Empire', which redressed the balance towards the plus side of the British empire after so much liberal bashing, Ferguson argues that imperial power is not... more info
Customer Review: I read one review that bewailed the advantage taken by British soldiers, of less well armed adversaries. How silly is that, if I were fighting I should request, nay, demand, any advantage over the enemy.(Compare the War in Iraq) We are a silly generation...Empire was good and bad,, mostly, the... more info
Customer Review: The French defeat in WW II was caused by poor leadership. Troops and war materiel were abundant. The British were lucky at Dunkirk. Britain had a maritime advantage. It also had an air advantage. Blitzkrieg was invented by the British, but used by the Germans. After the occupation of Poland, Himmler... more info
Customer Review: What has Ferguson not told about the Rothschilds in his seemingly exhaustive two volume set? He all too facilely dismisses Victor Rothschild's being the fifth man in the World War II Soviet spy ring of Blunt, Burgess, et. al. He does not bring up the 1776 Masonic Illuminati order of Adam... more info
Customer Review: Ferguson writes another of his trademark power histories with a grand narrative and an attempt to scale the mighty themes. The Cash Nexus, taken from Carlye's quote about money and political power, examines the paradigms of money and warfare in the modern world. He writes interestingly about... more info
Customer Review: What has Ferguson not told about the Rothschilds in this second volume of his seemingly exhaustive two volume set? He all too facilely dismisses Victor Rothschild's being the fifth man in the World War II Soviet spy ring of Blunt, Burgess, et. al. He dosen't discuss the Rothschilds' connection... more info
Customer Review: I think the major conclusion of this book that World War I was was error, that World War I was the result of a series of miscalculations is the common wisdom. The conclusion is non-controverial. That World War I set the stage for World War II is again unspeculative. On the other hand many of the... more info
Customer Review: Niall Ferguson has written several fine books that are must-reads for educated people. These include 'The Pity of War' (on WWI), 'The War of the World' (about the major conflicts in the 20th century including a stunning chapter on the 'armed slave labor camp' that was the Soviet Union), and this... more info
Customer Review: Judging by the ominous title, one would think that Mr. Ferguson was warning of the dangers of empire. In fact, the heart of his argument is that the world would be a much better place if the U.S. was to welcome its adopted "imperial" role as defender of global order. The paradox, according to... more info
