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Oxford's Priestland (The Red Flag: Communism and the Making of the Modern World), an expert on the Soviet Union and scholar of 20th-century comparative history, provides a nuanced, culturally aware, Marxist-influenced reading of the shifting ascendancies, rivalries, and collaborations of three elite groups (the "castes" of merchant, soldier, and sage). These groups are fluid; for instance, one of Priestland's subjects, Robert McNamara, worked for years in corporate America ("merchant"), eventually heading Ford Motor Co. He was then recruited by Pres...Log In or Sign Up to Read More