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Why empires fall : Rome, America and the future of the West

Heather, Peter, 1960-2023
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Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself in rapid decline. But this is not the first time the global order has witnessed such a dramatic rise and fall. The Roman Empire followed a similar arc from dizzying power to disintegration - a fact that is more than a strange historical coincidence. In 'Why Empires Fall', Peter Heather and John Rapley use this Roman past to think anew about the contemporary West, its state of crisis, and what paths we could take out of it.
Main title:
Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2023.
Collation:
v, 188 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241407493 (hbk)
Dewey class:
909.09821909.098
Language:
English
Related title:
Why empires fall : Rome, America and the future of the West
BRN:
1171347
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