REVIEWS
“Most of us have a positive association with the word 'treaty'—don't peace treaties end wars? But you'll think differently after reading this incisive and unusual book. The three crucial treaties Lorraine Atkin examines did not make peace, but legitimated ruthless conquest. We are still living in the unjust world they made."
— Adam Hochschild, author, historian, and journalist. His best-known works are King Leopold’s Ghost, To End All Wars, and American Midnight.
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"If you want to read one book to understand why the world map takes the shape it has today, Mightier than the Sword is your choice. In a purposely provocative and passionately written overview of four hundred years of Eurocentric imperialism, Lorraine Atkin gives us an intriguing twist – the devil is in the treaties. This is a fresh interpretation, peppered with fascinating characters and untold stories from our tortured past. Suddenly we learn the bruising truth about how we all got here.”
— Landon Jones, author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West and Celebrity Nation. He is also former managing editor of People Magazine.
— Adam Hochschild, author, historian, and journalist. His best-known works are King Leopold’s Ghost, To End All Wars, and American Midnight.
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"If you want to read one book to understand why the world map takes the shape it has today, Mightier than the Sword is your choice. In a purposely provocative and passionately written overview of four hundred years of Eurocentric imperialism, Lorraine Atkin gives us an intriguing twist – the devil is in the treaties. This is a fresh interpretation, peppered with fascinating characters and untold stories from our tortured past. Suddenly we learn the bruising truth about how we all got here.”
— Landon Jones, author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West and Celebrity Nation. He is also former managing editor of People Magazine.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lorraine Atkin
Lorraine Atkin is not just a longtime student of history, law, and politics, but also a former leader in the criminal justice and political fields, all of which inspired her journey of discovery. She wrote Mightier Than the Sword: How Three Obscure Treaties Sanctioned the Enslavement of Millions and the Exploitation of Continents for more than 400 Years with the hope that the reader can draw connections from the atrocities of the past as a result of three historical documents to the adverse results we live with today.
