Are we Rome? the fall of an empire and the fate of America - Murphy, Cullen (Boston Houghton Mifflin, 2007)
Prologue: The eagle in the mirror -- The capitals: where Republic meets empire -- The legions: when power meets reality -- The fixers: when public good meets private opportunity -- The outsiders: when people like us meet people like them -- The borders: where the present meets the future -- Epilogue: There once was a great city.
A Mariner Book.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262)
Donated by Logan Wangsgard (Hall's Book Drive) Dec. 2015.
Keywords: National characteristics, American; Imperialism; Rome -- History; United States -- Civilization -- Roman influences; United States -- Foreign relations; United States -- Territorial expansion