About the Author

KEES VAN DER PIJL is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex and the author of The Foreign Encounter in Myth and Religion; Nomads, Empires, States; Global Rivalries from the Cold War to Iraq; and Transnational Classes and International Relations.

Reviews

"Its subject is of great importance and too few have dared to write about it." Times Literary Supplement; "An excellent piece of work." Contemporary Sociology; "The research, clarity, and originality that characterize this book are impressive indeed." International History Review.