From Macaulay in the 19th century to Fukuyama in the late 20th,
historians have often been lulled into thinking that things can
only get better. Such belief in progress, argues leading political
commentator Simon Heffer, may be typical of times of plenty, but it
ignores a less palatable truth: that, since the beginnings of
recorded history, the major events in international relations can
be attributed to a single cause, the desire by rulers to assert or
protect their power. Taking a panoramic view from the days of
Thucydides up to the present, Heffer offers a fourfold analysis of
the motive forces behind the pursuit of power: land, wealth, God
and minds. If we understand these forces, he contends, we can more
clearly understand why history is destined to repeat itself.
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