The Fall of the US Empire and Then What?
Title | The Fall of the US Empire and Then What? PDF eBook |
Author | Johan Galtung |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Globalization |
ISBN | 9788230004920 |
The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire"
Title | The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" PDF eBook |
Author | Geir Lundestad |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 222 |
Release | 2012-03-08 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0191641006 |
The Rise and Decline of the American "Empire" explores the rapidly growing literature on the rise and fall of the United States. The author argues that after 1945 the US has definitely been the most dominant power the world has seen and that it has successfully met the challenges from, first, the Soviet Union and, then, Japan, and the European Union. Now, however, the United States is in decline: its vast military power is being challenged by asymmetrical wars, its economic growth is slow and its debt is rising rapidly, the political system is proving unable to meet these challenges in a satisfactory way. While the US is still likely to remain the world's leading power for the foreseeable future, it is being challenged by China, particularly economically, and also by several other regional Great Powers. The book also addresses the more theoretical question of what recent superpowers have been able to achieve and what they have not achieved. How could the United States be both the dominant power and at the same time suffer significant defeats? And how could the Soviet Union suddenly collapse? No power has ever been omnipotent. It cannot control events all around the world. The Soviet Union suffered from imperial overstretch; the traditional colonial empires suffered from a growing lack of legitimacy at the international, national, and local levels. The United States has been able to maintain its alliance system, but only in a much reformed way. If a small power simply insists on pursuing its own very different policies, there is normally little the United States and other Great Powers will do. Military intervention is an option that can be used only rarely and most often with strikingly limited results.
The Fall of the US Empire
Title | The Fall of the US Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Vassilis K. Fouskas |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Imperialism |
ISBN | 9781849646598 |
Looks at the debates amongst critical theorists about the decline of US power.
Are We Rome?
Title | Are We Rome? PDF eBook |
Author | Cullen Murphy |
Publisher | HMH |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2008-05-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0547527071 |
What went wrong in imperial Rome, and how we can avoid it: “If you want to understand where America stands in the world today, read this.” —Thomas E. Ricks The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds since the beginning of our republic. Depending on who’s doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action—or a dire warning of imminent collapse. In this “provocative and lively” book, Cullen Murphy points out that today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place, and reveals a wide array of similarities between the two societies (The New York Times). Looking at the blinkered, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of bribery in public life; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization, Murphy persuasively argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside—two things that must be changed if we are to avoid Rome’s fate. “Are We Rome? is just about a perfect book. . . . I wish every politician would spend an evening with this book.” —James Fallows
The True Flag
Title | The True Flag PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Kinzer |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2017-01-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1627792171 |
The bestselling author of Overthrow and The Brothers brings to life the forgotten political debate that set America’s interventionist course in the world for the twentieth century and beyond. How should the United States act in the world? Americans cannot decide. Sometimes we burn with righteous anger, launching foreign wars and deposing governments. Then we retreat—until the cycle begins again. No matter how often we debate this question, none of what we say is original. Every argument is a pale shadow of the first and greatest debate, which erupted more than a century ago. Its themes resurface every time Americans argue whether to intervene in a foreign country. Revealing a piece of forgotten history, Stephen Kinzer transports us to the dawn of the twentieth century, when the United States first found itself with the chance to dominate faraway lands. That prospect thrilled some Americans. It horrified others. Their debate gripped the nation. The country’s best-known political and intellectual leaders took sides. Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Randolph Hearst pushed for imperial expansion; Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, and Andrew Carnegie preached restraint. Only once before—in the period when the United States was founded—have so many brilliant Americans so eloquently debated a question so fraught with meaning for all humanity. All Americans, regardless of political perspective, can take inspiration from the titans who faced off in this epic confrontation. Their words are amazingly current. Every argument over America’s role in the world grows from this one. It all starts here.
The Fall of the American Empire
Title | The Fall of the American Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry Bailey |
Publisher | Wheatmark, Inc. |
Total Pages | 98 |
Release | 2007-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1587368048 |
"The Fall of the American Empire" not only asks thought-provoking questions about the state of the nation, but also proposes solutions to make the country prosper in the 21st century.
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
Title | The Rise and Fall of the American Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Eugene L. Solomon |
Publisher | Outskirts Press |
Total Pages | 180 |
Release | 2017-05-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781478785002 |
American grew from thirteen independent colonies to become one of history's great empires. However, history shows that all great empires decline and eventually collapse. This topical book will explore whether America is on that same downward path and if so, what consequences will there be. Based on the intractable political and economic climate in America today, can anything be done to avoid such an ominous future?