Are we Rome? : the fall of an empire and the fate of America / Cullen Murphy.
By: Murphy, Cullen.
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BookPublisher: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 2007Description: 262 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780618742226; 0618742220.Subject(s): United States -- Civilization -- Roman influences | National characteristics, American | United States -- Foreign relations | United States -- Territorial expansion | Imperialism | Rome -- History | United States -- Civilization | American national characteristics | United States -- Foreign relations | United States -- Territorial expansion | Imperialism | Rome -- HistoryDDC classification: 970.01 Summary: Magazine editor and author Cullen Murphy discusses similarities between the U.S. and the Roman Empire, arguing that the U.S. most resembles Rome in two areas in which change is possible: governmental corruption and "arrogant ignorance" of the outside world.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262).
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Magazine editor and author Cullen Murphy discusses similarities between the U.S. and the Roman Empire, arguing that the U.S. most resembles Rome in two areas in which change is possible: governmental corruption and "arrogant ignorance" of the outside world.
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