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03820cam a2200649 a 4500 001 AC769F422B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20221102014946 008 061030s2007 mau b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2006035717 020 $a 0618742220 020 $a 9780618742226 035 $a (OCoLC)76140432 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d C#P $d YDXCP $d VP@ $d BUR $d MBB $d ZJI $d NLGGC $d NOR $d VP@ $d SMP $d CQU $d CO3 $d E9B $d SILO 043 $a ff----- $a e------ $a ff----- 050 00 $a E169.1 $b .M957 2007 082 00 $a 970.01 $2 22 082 04 $a 973 $2 22 100 1 $a Murphy, Cullen. 245 1 $a Are we Rome? : $b the fall of an empire and the fate of America / $c Cullen Murphy. 260 $a Boston : $b Houghton Mifflin Co., $c 2007. 300 $a 262 p. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262). 505 00 $t Bibliography. $g 5. The $t capitals : where Republic meets empire -- $g 2. The $t legions : when power meets reality -- $g 3. The $t fixers : when public good meets private opportunity -- $g 4. The $t outsiders : when people like us meet people like them -- $g 5. The $t borders : where the present meets the future -- $t Epilogue : There once was a great city -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Notes -- $t Bibliography. 520 $a The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of our Republic. Depending on who's doing the talking, the history of Rome serves either as a triumphal call to action, or a dire warming of imminent collapse. Esteemed editor and author Murphy ventures past the pundits' rhetoric to draw nuanced lessons about how we might avoid Rome's demise. Working on a canvas that extends far beyond the issue of an overstretched military, Murphy reveals a wide array of similarities between the two empires: the blinding, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of corruption; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of "privatization." Most pressingly, he argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside--two things that are in our power to change.--From publisher description. 651 0 $a United States $x Roman influences. $x Roman influences. 650 0 $a National characteristics, American. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations. 651 0 $a United States $x Territorial expansion. 650 0 $a Imperialism. 651 0 $a Rome $x History. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006035717.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006035717-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2006035717-s.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2006035717-b.html 941 $a 19 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724063630.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104013216.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722015818.0 952 $l MYPC943 $d 20201013084502.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20180523013715.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180111051047.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802034202.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20151216014212.0 952 $l JLPF081 $d 20150213090706.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20140619015536.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415020227.0 952 $l CUPC586 $d 20131212010155.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UTAX314 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC769F422B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b E9BInitiate Another SILO Locator Search