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Empires That Didn't Know They Were Ending: What Rome, Britain, and the USSR Teach About Decline-and Is the USA Next?
By Roger Smith
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By Roger Smith
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Empires That Didn't Know They Were Ending
What Rome, Britain, and the USSR Teach About Decline-and Is the USA Next?
History is full of great powers that seemed invincible-until they weren't. Rome, Britain, and the Soviet Union dominated their worlds, shaping politics, culture, and economies. Yet all of them fell, not from dramatic invasions or sudden disasters, but from quiet, almost invisible forces: overconfidence, bureaucratic decay, cultural fragmentation, and the refusal to face uncomfor...
What Rome, Britain, and the USSR Teach About Decline-and Is the USA Next?
History is full of great powers that seemed invincible-until they weren't. Rome, Britain, and the Soviet Union dominated their worlds, shaping politics, culture, and economies. Yet all of them fell, not from dramatic invasions or sudden disasters, but from quiet, almost invisible forces: overconfidence, bureaucratic decay, cultural fragmentation, and the refusal to face uncomfor...