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Give me some truly convincing reasoning, bitte? Doesn't have to be long; succinctness, after all, is one of the forms in which power appears. > as always Or,

• nazgulnarsil 17y ago
  On Power is about the scope of political power throughout history. I couldn't recommend it to someone already intimately familiar with the last few hundred years, but as an overview of history that doesn't simply devolve into "story time" (viewing history as a coherent narrative in the style that we are comfortable with; involving heroes, villains, and dramatic tension) it is hard to beat. Since such gross simplification is all most people are familiar with (think the history channel) I recommend it to everyone as a starting point for non-pandering historical analysis. In addition it is only $11 for a very nice book that will impress others :p