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Since the beginning of organized societies, power and leadership have operated in human hierarchies, which are concentrating power in an accelerating manner, according to the comprehensive analysis of Dr. Anders Corr in his book The Concentration of Power : Institutionalization, Hierarchy & Hegemony. "This sweeping study belongs next to Niall Ferguson and Jared Diamond in our understanding of how the world works and how it can work better." - James Kraska, Harvard Law School "A must-read for legislators, military strategists, leading academics, regulators, and anyone interested in the existential threat that the concentration of economic, political, and informational power in an illiberal country like China creates for the leading democracies of the world." - Kyle Bass, Billionaire investor "...erudite and realistic appraisal of 21st century power politics." - Alex Gray, former Chief of Staff, White House National Security Council From The Book: "China's influence in US politics has coincided with the industrialization of China, at the expense of a deindustrializing US. Global corporations, to which US politicians answer, fled high wages and environmental regulations in the US for low wages and lax environmental standards in China. Now, the US is paying the price and might not recover sufficiently to defend itself against China's growing military. The strategic ambitions of one nation can and have upset the United Nations and the balance between powers. Now the Western world