Divide and Conquer is a book written about the political and economic struggle of the Black Forest. The Black Forest is highly referenced for its political, economic and socio-cultural and distinctive local governance system. For centuries, the inhabitants of the Black Forest maintained their civilisation including the indigenous knowledge systems; thus, preserving the best strategies, practices, tools, intellectual resources and explanations, the beliefs and value systems and bestowing the benefits for the future generations of Bfers.This book is written in a philosophical manner. It is essential for understanding the methods and structures that were used by the imperial powers to destroy the Black Forest.