Pedro Baños is a Colonel in the Army (Infantry) and is currently in reserve status. In addition to a long military career himself defines himself as an analyst, writer and lecturer. The plots of his interest, in addition to defense, focus on geopolitics, strategy and international relations, to which must be added everything related to security (terrorism) and cybersecurity.
For a few years he has been seen on different television networks and has participated in political gatherings and debates. It is because of his television appearances that many of us place him on the map. and precisely today we will talk about the colonel's books that focus on geopolitical issues and a little conspiracy (which is not negative at all).
In fact, it has also provided information on defense and strategy from the times of the pandemic to the present moment with the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Pedro Baños has not exactly been exempt from controversy. On some issues, the military has expressed a sensitivity close to the Russian bloc while distancing itself from the Anglo-Saxon Western world dominated by the United States. But there are also those who have even considered him an anti-Semite for having theorized on matters related to the Jewish people throughout the XNUMXth century.
The truth is that with just audacity his books talk about the powers that dominate the world, and he puts them under his own magnifying glass, that of someone who, due to his profession, has not been oblivious to sensitive issues that we all want to comment on, but few of us can. ; and this may not please everyone.
So for all this we are going to read, and If your curiosity is piqued and you want to have another vision of who controls us, here are some clues about his books.
This is how the world is ruled: Unveiling the keys to world power (2017)
About the book
Number of pages: 480. Published by the editorial specializing in essay Ariel (planet books), It is one of the best selling books in Amazon. In this book Colonel Baños uses his experience in geostrategy to show us a dissection of the powers that control the world and the strategies they use.
Being almost a premonition (year 2017), the colonel reminds us of our vulnerabilities through the strategies that were forgotten after World War II, and how they affect us today the mistakes that were made or the things that were not done. Likewise, he exposes the codes of manipulation that have always existed between political opponents.
what readers are saying
Amazon Rating: 4.6/5. They recommend its reading for being a necessary book. It offers a different point of view of a reality that, either we do not know, or we do not have a formed opinion of it. It is a good buy to learn about strategy and geopolitics. An excellent book within its theme; however, also an approach suitable for neophytes.
World Domination: Elements of Power and Geopolitical Keys (2018)
About the book
Number of pages: 368. Publishing Ariel. It is also among the best sellers in Amazon. It is a guide that lists the pieces of the gear of power of the countries and those who govern them. What are those pieces? The military, the economy, the intelligence services, diplomatic relations, natural resources, demographics, and now also technology. A look from the present to the future full of questions and alarming uncertainty.
what readers are saying
Amazon Rating: 4.6/5. Most of the user opinions are good, that they brand the book as great, and that it knows how to give value to the previous one (This is how the world is ruled). Although there are some readers who accuse it of being partisan, all readers agree that it is a recommendable book that It helps to better understand the current scenario. And it's also entertaining.
The Mind Dominion: The Geopolitics of the Mind (2020)
About the book
Number of pages: 544. Publishing Ariel. When we talk about mind control we talk about emotions. If you manage to dominate a mind and therefore subdue it, you can get anything from it. Men and women are moved by their emotions, so the key is to move those emotions to tame the masses.
This is the next step that Pedro Baños talks about in his book The mental domain. How to manipulate people's emotions through different tools and make them still think they are really in control of their lives. Here technology will come into play again, subject to this purpose more than ever.
what readers are saying
Amazon Rating: 4,7/5. This post has plenty of great reviews, and is said to outperform the first two. Many of the readers describe it as essential, although there are also those who believe that it is far from the reality that it tries to show or that it is a bit monotonous. Perhaps there are different opinions about the form, but many of those who have read the book agree that it helps to become aware of our place in society.
Power: A Strategist Reads Machiavelli (2022)
About the book
Number of pages: 368. The fourth book by Colonel Baños moves away from this genre affiliated with geostrategy and gets a little more into philosophy with the precepts of Machiavelli; in fact, it also changes publisher (to the ed. Rosameron).
The book (in the form of a dialogue between Baños and Machiavelli) talks about how to achieve power and how to keep it. The writer in his work implements what he learned from Machiavelli so that we realize that there are things, such as power, that change little or nothing over the centuries, and that we must always be willing to learn from our mistakes. . Also, The power includes an updated translation of The Prince of Machiavelli (1532).
what readers are saying
Amazon Rating: 4,5/5. They talk about him as a different book from the previous onesbut just as interesting. In addition, it is pleasantly surprising that Machiavelli's text can be read in the same work, since it is possible to go to the XNUMXth century text (which is also annotated) to read and compare both comfortably.
Biographical keys of the author
Pedro Baños Bajo was born in León (Spain) in 1960. He is a career soldier and between 1997 and 1999 he took the General Staff course. He held the Head of Counterintelligence and Security of the European Army Corps in Strasbourg between 2001 and 2004 and has also been a university professor. He has held different institutional positions in Defense, and since 2012 he has been a reservist.
He is a military adviser and has given numerous lectures at universities and foundations, both in Spain, as well as in Europe and internationally. In addition to his books, she has very frequently written articles on geopolitical and security issues.
Fourth millenium is one of the speakers on television for Pedro Baños, as well as his own program, Colonel's table (2019), also issued by Four discontinuously. On several occasions, Pedro Baños has had to come out in his own defense, alleging that if his opinions are controversial, they are only because they are critical of power.
En their website geostrategist he highlights that he is "in search of a more just, free and humane world".