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Empires of Trust : How Rome Built--And America Is Building--A New World

by: Madden, Thomas F.

Empires of Trust : How Rome Built--And America Is Building--A New World

by: Madden, Thomas F.

ISBN 13:
9780452295452
ISBN 10:
0452295459
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/30/2009
Publisher: Plume

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Does America face the same destiny endured by ancient Rome? Beginning with a Roman story strikingly parallel to the American Abu Ghraib scandal, Madden provides a much-needed historical context to this burning contemporary debate. Photos throughout.

Preface	p. ix
Empires of Trust ... and the Other Ones	p. 1
Distrusting Kings	p. 21
Family Values	p. 38
Building an Empire While Trying Not To	p. 63
Becoming a Superpower	p. 85
The Empire and Its Aging Cultural Parents	p. 113
How an Empire of Trust Grows ... and Grows	p. 160
Pax	p. 196
Fights Around the Dinner Table of Empire	p. 230
The Threat of Terrorism	p. 251
Crying Over the Fall	p. 290
A Note on Sources	p. 299
Notes	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 313
Acknowledgments	p. 321
Index	p. 323
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Empires of Trust : How Rome Built--And America Is Building--A New World

Empires of Trust : How Rome Built--And America Is Building--A New World

9780452295452

0452295459

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