“Describes the history of hyperpower civilizations of which there were more than had previously thought and their histories are shorter. From the Huns, the Romans, the Chinese to the current US, Amy describes the life span of each. She sees parralells between these civilizations rise (relative freedoms for diverse peoples leading towards innovation and aquiensance) to theie eventual declines (reduction in those relative freedoms as the society becomes inwardly focused) and discusses what this means to the worlds current hyperpower: the US.”
Jim G wrote this review Friday, October 16 2009.
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