Empires of trust :
Madden, Thomas F.
Empires of trust : how Rome built--and America is building--a new world / Thomas F. Madden. - New York : Dutton, c2008. - xiv, 336 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-319) and index.
Empires of trust, and the other ones -- Distrusting kings -- Family values -- Building an empire while avoiding one -- Becoming a superpower -- Greek art and French fashion : the empire and its aging cultural parents -- How an empire of trust grows, and grows -- Pax -- Fights around the dinner table of empire -- The threat of terrorism -- Crying over the fall.
9780525950745
2008006646
Comparative civilization.
Rome .--History .--Republic, 510-30 B.C.
United States .--History .--20th century.
United States .--History .--21st century.
United States--Public opinion.
United States--Foreign public opinion.
DG231 / .M23 2008
937
Empires of trust : how Rome built--and America is building--a new world / Thomas F. Madden. - New York : Dutton, c2008. - xiv, 336 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-319) and index.
Empires of trust, and the other ones -- Distrusting kings -- Family values -- Building an empire while avoiding one -- Becoming a superpower -- Greek art and French fashion : the empire and its aging cultural parents -- How an empire of trust grows, and grows -- Pax -- Fights around the dinner table of empire -- The threat of terrorism -- Crying over the fall.
9780525950745
2008006646
Comparative civilization.
Rome .--History .--Republic, 510-30 B.C.
United States .--History .--20th century.
United States .--History .--21st century.
United States--Public opinion.
United States--Foreign public opinion.
DG231 / .M23 2008
937