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Empires of Trust

How Rome Built–and America Is Building–a New World

How Rome Built–and America Is Building–a New World

By Thomas F. Madden

By Thomas F. Madden

By Thomas F. Madden

By Thomas F. Madden

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Jun 30, 2009 | ISBN 9780452295452

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Jul 17, 2008 | ISBN 9781440631399

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    About Empires of Trust

    An acclaimed historian offers an optimistic view of the future of the United States in the light of Roman history

    Maybe the end of the American ascendancy is not upon us. Maybe the U.S. will continue to dominate the world for centuries. Now award-winning historian Thomas Madden delivers an optimistic view of our nation’s future.

    Madden shows that the power of the ancient Roman republic and the U.S. was built on trust between allies, not the conquest of enemies. The far-reaching implications of this fact are essential reading for anyone who cares about the challenges we face now and in the years ahead.

    Packed with stories from Roman history that offer amazingly obvious and explicitly stated parallels to our recent history, Empires of Trust is a narrative pleasure and a hopeful inspiration.

    About Empires of Trust

    An acclaimed historian offers an optimistic view of the future of the United States in the light of Roman history

    Maybe the end of the American ascendancy is not upon us. Maybe the U.S. will continue to dominate the world for centuries. Now award-winning historian Thomas Madden delivers an optimistic view of our nation’s future.

    Madden shows that the power of the ancient Roman republic and the U.S. was built on trust between allies, not the conquest of enemies. The far-reaching implications of this fact are essential reading for anyone who cares about the challenges we face now and in the years ahead.

    Packed with stories from Roman history that offer amazingly obvious and explicitly stated parallels to our recent history, Empires of Trust is a narrative pleasure and a hopeful inspiration.

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    About Thomas F. Madden

    Thomas F. Madden is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. He has written and lectured extensively on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean as well as on the history… More about Thomas F. Madden

    About Thomas F. Madden

    Thomas F. Madden is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. He has written and lectured extensively on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean as well as on the history… More about Thomas F. Madden

    Product Details

    Category: Ancient World History | U.S. History | Politics

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Plume
    Jun 30, 2009 | 352 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780452295452

    Category: Ancient World History | U.S. History | Politics

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Plume
    Jul 17, 2008 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9781440631399

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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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