Are We Rome?

曾任美国《大西洋月刊》总编的克伦-莫菲

出版者:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

作者:Cullen Murphy

页数:272

出版时间:2007-5-10

价格:USD 24.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780618742226

图书标签:历史战略英文原版同人于郊nonfictionhistory

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 whos doing the talking, the history of Rome serves either as a triumphal call to action, or a dire warming of imminent collapse. Esteemed editor and author Cullen Murphy ventures past the pundits rhetoric to draw nuanced lessons about how we might avoid Romes demise. Murphy reveals a wide array of similarities between the two empires: the blinding, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of corruption; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization. Most pressingly, he argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outsidetwo things that are in our power to change.

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Good but not explicit enough. Comparisons about capital, military, privatization and borders are quite unique.

Good but not explicit enough. Comparisons about capital, military, privatization and borders are quite unique.

Good but not explicit enough. Comparisons about capital, military, privatization and borders are quite unique.

Good but not explicit enough. Comparisons about capital, military, privatization and borders are quite unique.

Good but not explicit enough. Comparisons about capital, military, privatization and borders are quite unique.