Social Policy
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How a Trading Company Became a Military Power—and Shaped Modern Politics
A new historical analysis reveals how the East India Company leveraged military force to expand beyond commerce, establishing a model of corporate power that influenced governance for centuries. For today's policymakers and business leaders, the study offers crucial lessons about the risks of allowing private firms to control state functions.
Originaltitel: The Company's Sword: The East India Company and the Politics of Militarism, 1644-1858