Day of Empire
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Author | Amy Chua |
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Language | English |
Subject | Imperialism, colonialism, geopolitics |
Genre | Political science, history, international relations |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | October 2007 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | eBook, hardcover |
Pages | 432 |
ISBN | 978-0-385-52412-4 (eBook) 978-0-385-51284-8 (hardcover) |
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why They Fall is a 2007 book by Yale Law School professor Amy Chua.
Summary
The book discusses examples of "hyperpowers" throughout human history. Chua describes in rough chronological order the hyperpowers, from the Achaemenid Persian Empire to the British Empire, with reflections on the United States as a current[update] hyperpower. The empires of Rome, the Tang, the Mongols and the Dutch provide examples of successful hegemonies, while the failures of imperial Spain, Nazi Germany and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere counterpoint them. Chua argues that preconditions for hyperpower status include tolerance of ethnic divisions, and that preconditions for its loss include either a growing intolerance by the traditional ruling élites or a failure to "glue" together the subject peoples into an overarching identity.
External links
Reviews
- Los Angeles Times review by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, 11 November 2007
- New York Times review by Lance Morrow, 18 November 2007
- Salon review by Andrew O'Hehir, 19 November 2007
Other discussion
- Interview with Chua by Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies
- After Words interview with Chua on Day of Empire, December 29, 2007
- 2007 books
- Achaemenid Empire
- Books about civilizations
- Books about geopolitics
- Books about imperialism
- Books about international relations
- Books by Amy Chua
- Doubleday (publisher) books
- Hegemony
- History books about ancient Rome
- History books about the British Empire
- History books about China
- History books about the Dutch Empire
- History books about Iran
- History books about Japan
- History books about Mongolia
- History books about Nazi Germany
- History books about Spain
- Mongol Empire
- Political science books
- Tang dynasty
- British Empire stubs