{"product_id":"empires-of-trust-isbn-9780452295452","title":"Empires of Trust","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed historian offers an optimistic view of the future of the United States in the light of Roman history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Maybe the end of the American ascendancy is not upon us. Maybe the U.S. will continue to dominate the world for centuries. Now award-winning historian Thomas Madden delivers an optimistic view of our nation's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Madden shows that the power of the ancient Roman republic and the U.S. was built on trust between allies, not the conquest of enemies. The far-reaching implications of this fact are essential reading for anyone who cares about the challenges we face now and in the years ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Packed with stories from Roman history that offer amazingly obvious and explicitly stated parallels to our recent history, \u003ci\u003eEmpires of Trust\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative pleasure and a hopeful inspiration.Empires of Trust\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Empires of Trust . . . and the Other Ones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e Distrusting Kings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e Family Values\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e Building an Empire While Trying Not To\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e Becoming a Superpower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Empire and Its Aging Cultural Parents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e How an Empire of Trust Grows . . . and Grows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e Pax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.\u003c\/b\u003e Fights Around the Dinner Table of Empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Threat of Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11.\u003c\/b\u003e Crying Over the Fall\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Note on Sources\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An entertaining comparison by an astute historian. . .Gems for history buffs as well as those who have never considered that something that happened before 1900 might matter.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A breakout book.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Richard Ellis, author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas F. Madden\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. He has written and lectured extensively on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean as well as on the history of Christianity and Islam. Awards for his scholarship include the Medieval Academy of America's Haskins Medal and the Medieval Institute's Otto Grundler Prize. He is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Medieval Academy of America. His books include \u003ci\u003eVenice: A New History \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIstanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44863489016037,"sku":"NP9780452295452","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452295452.jpg?v=1767726230","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/empires-of-trust-isbn-9780452295452","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}