Day of Empire

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• How to Rule the World

  The emperor Claudius thought about the dynamics of imperial ingestion. He reminded the Roman Senate that the founder Romulus would “both fight against and naturalize a people on the same day.” Claudius argued that the Gauls, by logical extension, cou ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

• Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance -- and Why They Fall

  AMY CHUA's 2007 book DAY OF EMPIRE: HOW HYPERPOWERS RISE TO GLOBAL DOMINANCE -- AND WHY THEY FALL has been reissued in paperback coinciding, coincidentally or not, with America's humiliating fall from financial grace. Chua wishes to demonstrate that ... (read full critics)

  asianreviewofbooks published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

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  Tolerance is key

  A very thoughtful book that sheds a new light on the old analyses of why empires fall and disintegrates. This book moves away from the standard talk of military might and political corruption, focusing instead on more human aspects like tolerance and open-mindedness that every ruling society must po ... (continue)

  A very thoughtful book that sheds a new light on the old analyses of why empires fall and disintegrates. This book moves away from the standard talk of military might and political corruption, focusing instead on more human aspects like tolerance and open-mindedness that every ruling society must possess in order to maintain its status of dominance. Very interesting.

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• English Books
• Others 432 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1400077419
• ISBN-13: 9781400077410
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Pub date: Jan 06, 2009
• Also available as: Hardcover

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