A review by gabrielgonzalez
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman

5.0

Change the names and dates, and this could be a general analysis of the things that are wrong with our society today: Rise of inequality, division of opinion, nationalism, an aristocracy disconnected of the woes of the poor, a gullible public that consumes information for entertainment rather than out of a desire to be informed to participate actively in the pursue of the common good