Why America Is Not a New Rome by Vaclav Smil

Why America Is Not a New Rome

Vaclav Smil

226 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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America's post--Cold War strategic dominance and its pre-recession affluence inspired pundits to make celebratory comparisons to ancient Rome at its most powerful. Now, with America no longer perceived as invulnerable, engaged in protracted fighti...

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