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After the Empire The Breakdown of the American Order

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ISBN-10: 0231131038

ISBN-13: 9780231131032

Edition: N/A

Authors: Emmanuel Todd, C. Jon Delogu, Michael Lind

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Widely reviewed and critically praised, Emmanuel Todd's After the Empire predicts that the United States is forfeiting its superpower status as it moves away from traditional democratic values of egalitarianism and universalism, lives far beyond its means economically, and continues to anger foreign allies and enemies alike with its military and ideological policies. As America's global dominance evaporates, Todd foresees the emergence of a Eurasian alliance bringing together Europe, Russia, Japan, and the Arab-Islamic world. Todd calmly and straightforwardly takes stock of many negative trends, including America's weakened commitment to the socio-economic integration of African Americans,…    
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Book details

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 9/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.81" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Julia Kristeva is a renowned psychoanalyst, critic, and professor of linguistics at the Universit� de Paris VII. She is the author of many acclaimed works and novels, including The Samurai, The Old Man and the Wolves, and Possessions, and is the recipient of the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought and the Holberg International Memorial Prize.C. Jon Delogu is professor of English at the Universit� de Lyon III-Jean Moulin.

Michael Lind, a senior fellow of the New America Foundation lives in Washington, D.C.

Preface: Public and Private
The Partners
Government by Brains Trust ""God Bless You; Keep Scheming""
Tommy Corcoran and the New Dealers Gospel ""You're Beginning to Be an Operator-How Do You Like the Water?""
Making the New Deal Revolution ""The Sense of Being Special""
The Fight for the Rooseveltian Succession ""Douglas's Army""
1945, The New Dealers Government-in-Exile ""I Got the Circuit Moving"" 2 In My Father's House
Rise of an Insider ""We're Going to Get Hubert Some Dough""
Ends and Mean