Soft Power
The New Great Game
$47.80
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2020
Summary
In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: ‘soft power’. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their ‘sphere of influence’ as brands in a global marketplace.
In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf, Robert Winder explored the way Britain was shaped first by migration, and then by hidden geographical factors. Now, in Soft Power he reveal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408711460 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 140871146X |
| Author: | Robert Winder |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 160mm x 236mm |
Critics Review
Winder is a highly knowledgeable guide to this slippery subject. His book is also beautifully written in an enviably easy
style. There is not a redundant sentence in it and the details are expertly chosen and revealing
The book reflects its author’s intelligence and wide reading – Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
Stimulating … fascinating * Mail on Sunday *
Robert Winder
Robert Winder was literary editor of the INDEPENDENT for 5 years. He has written two novels.
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