A Short History of Power'You could not ask for a more eloquent guide than this book. Essential.' Sathnam Sanghera A Short History of Power is an eye opening book about how societies are designed to support those in power, at the expense of those without it. Colonial Power In the 1950s, over 10,000 Kenyans were killed by the British during the Mau Mau uprising against a government determined to install a sympathetic post independence regime and continue to exploit the