Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World is published to coincide with a Channel 4 TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does...
At the end of World War II, the United States had all the moneyand all the power. Now, America finds itself cash poor, and to a great extent power follows money. In The End of Influence, renowned...