Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452295459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Madden is Associate Professor of History and Chair at Saint Louis University. . He has published numerous studies on the crusades including "The Fourth Crusade: The Conquest of Constantinople" (1997) and "A Concise History of the Crusades" (1999). Thomas F
"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
David Montgomery said A Fresh Perspective. Most Americans don't like the idea of empires, myself included. But not all empires were of the purely conquest type. Madden offers a fresh look at how Rome grew to become the empire it did and how America is dealing with its own superpower status. He admits that the two are not similar in every way, b. A Learning Experience Somehow most of Roman history is viewed through the lens of the Ceasers and emperors. This book has helped me to understand better the roles that pre-Ceaser Rome and the United States played on the world stage. I highly recommend this book especially in today's climate of domestic recriminations levele. imperative knowledge Laurens N. Garlington Any citizen who considers himself reasonably historically literate must read this book. It offers the most encouraging perspective on current American conflicts.
Maybe the U.S. 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. 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.. 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. An acclaimed historian offers an optimistic view