Power and Privilege
Power and Privilege by David Christian is a 1994 History book written by TED speaker David Christian, paired here with the talk they gave.
Revised edition of a book first published in 1986. This edition has been updated and expanded to include new chapters on the Brezhnev era and perestroika and to take into account the dissolution of the Soviet system. The text is well illustrated and is supported by a statistical appendix, an annotated bibliography, a glossary, chronology and an index.
The paired TED talk
The history of our world in 18 minutes (2011), the TED talk by David Christian.