"The Pursuit of Power Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A. D. 1000" by William H. McNeill
University of Chicago Press, Basil Blackwell Publisher Limited | 1982 | ISBN: 0631131345, 0226561585 | 415 pages | PDF | 39 MB
The Pursuit of Power does not solve the problems of the present, but its discoveries, hypotheses, and sheer breadth of learning do offer a perspective on our current fears and, as McNeill hopes, "a ground for wiser action."