Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and why They Fall
- ISBN-10
- 0385512848
- ISBN-13
- 9780385512848
- Category
- Hegemony
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books
- Author
- Amy Chua
Description
A study of history's great hyperpowers--Persia, Rome, China, the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United States--traces the reasons for their success and the roots of their ultimate fall.
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- 2009-01-06
- 432 pages
- Ebook
- Anchor
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- 2007-10-30
- 256 pages
- Paperback
- Doubleday
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