Power And Prejudice - 2nd Edition

Taylor & Francis

In this second edition of an award-winning book, the author expands his examination of the relationship between racial prejudice and global conflict. He sets out to show how the racial issue has influenced most major developments in international politics and diplomacy. > Since it first appeared, Power and Prejudice has been hailed as a bold, pioneering work dealing with one of the central and most controversial issues of our time?the relationship between racial prejudice and global conflict. Powerfully written and based on documents from archives on several continents, this award-winning book convincingly demonstrates that the racial issue, or what W.E.B. Du Bois called ?the problem of the twentieth century,? has profoundly influenced most major developments in international politics and diplomacy.Lauren begins with a thought-provoking discussion of the heavy burden of history's pattern of conquest and slavery wherin skin color identified master and slave, conqueror and conquerede