Sources of Social Power (Volume 3)

Michael Mann's "The Sources of Social Power" explores the four sources of power in human history: ideological, economic, military, and political, aiming to trace the interconnections of these four powers throughout history. The historical analysis of social power in this book (Volume 3) begins with global empires in the 19th century, explains the history of global changes that lasted until 1945, and discusses the development of the interrelationships between capitalism, nation-states, and empires. Main contents: The "Great Divergence" between the West and the rest of the world; the self-destruction of European and Japanese power in the two world wars; the Great Depression; the rise of American and Soviet power; the competition between capitalism, socialism and fascism; the success of democratic capitalism after reform.