First, read Kate Savage's review.

Let's give the biggest pat on the back to Western capitalists as the pinnacle of all human efforts for 70,000 years. Certainly, this was our goal all along. From here it pretty much just goes to hell.

I really need to add to Kate's review only this: "... the exception that proves the rule..." is used three times in this text. It's not just a rhetorical nuisance when you're an academic theorizing on broad organizational laws. Exceptions, without exception, disprove rules.

Oh, and Great Britain and Gandhi don't get equal credit for Indian independence. That's straight-up bullshit, right there.