The Merchant’s Leviathan
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How the East India Company Made the Modern World
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How the East India Company Made the Modern World
The East India Company, a trading firm with its own army, was masterful at manipulating governments for its own profit.
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple