For centuries, German settlers brought Western technology and urban organizational skills to Eastern Europe, significantly advancing the economic fates of Slavic peoples. 2. The Four Pillars of the Study
Beyond the Battlefield: How Conquest Rewrote the Human Story Conquests and Cultures: An International History
Exploring the internal and external slave trades and the impact of "low-cost" European imperialism. A history of vulnerability due to geography, followed
A history of vulnerability due to geography, followed by long-term German and later Russian influence. The real question is not how to view
Sowell pointedly avoids moralizing, choosing instead to focus on .
Book Summary: “Conquests and Cultures” by Thomas Sowell
Sowell concludes that the breakup of empires rarely restores the pre-conquest world. The real question is not how to view history morally, but what options exist in a world where cultures have already been "irretrievably changed" by the interactions of the past.