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Empires of Trust by Thomas F. Madden
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Jun 30, 2009 | ISBN 9780452295452

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Praise

“An entertaining comparison by an astute historian. . .Gems for history buffs as well as those who have never considered that something that happened before 1900 might matter.”
San Francisco Chronicle

“A breakout book.”
-Richard Ellis, author of Founding Fathers

Table Of Contents

Empires of TrustPreface

1. Empires of Trust . . . and the Other Ones
2. Distrusting Kings
3. Family Values
4. Building an Empire While Trying Not To
5. Becoming a Superpower
6. The Empire and Its Aging Cultural Parents
7. How an Empire of Trust Grows . . . and Grows
8. Pax
9. Fights Around the Dinner Table of Empire
10. The Threat of Terrorism
11. Crying Over the Fall

A Note on Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

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