The Anarchy – One Of President Barack Obama’s Favorite Books Of The Year
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR
"Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone." -The New York Times Book Review.
From the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.
In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army.
The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. Over the cours...