Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America - A Provocative Warning on Government Corruption and Borders

Murphy, Cullen

ISBN 10: 0547052103 / ISBN 13: 9780547052106

Edité par Mariner Books, 2008

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Synopsis :

The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of our republic.Today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place. Depending on who’s doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action or a dire warning of imminent collapse. In Are We Rome? the esteemed editor and author Cullen Murphy reveals a wide array of similarities between the two empires: the blinkered, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of bribery in public life; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization. Murphy persuasively argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside -- two things that must be changed if we are to avoid Rome’s fate.

À propos de l?auteur: Cullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He is the author of Are We Rome?, The Word According to Eve, and the essay collection Just Curious.

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Titre : Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the ...
Éditeur : Mariner Books
Date d'édition : 2008
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Very Good