Day of Empire_ How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--And Why They Fall - Amy Chua
Praise for Amy Chua's
DAY OF EMPIRE
“Amy Chua smartly condenses the complex histories of the Persian, Mughal, Dutch, and other empires into an irresistible argument: that empires expand through toleration and contract through closed-mindedness. As with any shrewd and elaborate argument, the getting there is half the fun.”
—Robert D. Kaplan, Atlantic Monthly correspondent
and author of Balkan Ghosts and Imperial Grunts
“Absorbing.”
—The New York Times
“Informative and charmin ...