Distinguishing four sources of power ideological, economic, military, and political this series traces their interrelations throughout human history. This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power begins with nineteenth century global empires and continues with a global history of the twentieth century up to 1945. Mann focuses on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states, and empires. Volume 3 discusses the Great Divergence between the fortunes of the West and the rest of the world; the self-destruction of European and Japanese power in two world wars;...