
Empires of Trust
How Rome Built - and America Is Building - a New World
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Narrated by:
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Richard Poe
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By:
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Thomas F. Madden
By making friends of enemies and demonstrating a commitment to fairness, the two republics - both "reluctant" yet unquestioned super-powers - built empires based on trust. Madden also includes vital lessons from the Roman Republic's 100-year struggle with "terrorism."
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insightful walk though history
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If you can get past the whitewash, the book provides and interesting walk through Rome's early history. The political science treatment of Rome's development is a refreshing break from dull recitation of chronological events that comprises most history books.
Madden steps on plenty of toes. He s an equal opportunity offender, providing analysis and opinions that give nearly everyone an opportunity for righteous indignation. But thats what makes it genuinely interesting and thought provoking.
If you like history, political science, current events, AND if you can enjoy reading a work that is going to challenge your political orthodoxy, then you'll probably like this book.
If you find yourself shouting at Fox news commentators on TV, then you might give this a pass, take a xanax and read Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (actually if you read Decline and Fall, you won't need the Xanax..zzzz..)
Gripe: Annoying and repeating grammar mistakes in pluralization. Maybe its GW Bush's influence on the evolution of grammar..... "is the children learnin' "
Provocative comparison, Rome vs US circumstances
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Too bad not enough people in the Obama administration read this book before they decided to pull out of Iraq. They merely put off what will be inevitable and lost a lot of lives to boot.
Excellent!
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Also is very repetitive especially early on with many concepts.
Would absolutely recommend to others.
Good but repetitive.
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Even more interesting however are the last few chapters that show how the lessons learned by the Romans in their dealings with terrorism and strife in the Middle East are very much applicable today.
This isn't dry history; Madden writes in a very accessible style that is complemented well by reader Richard Poe. I was listening to this book while driving mostly and I was always disappointed to arrive at my destination and have to turn the book off.
Very Relevant to Modern Events in the Middle East
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This will annoy people on both the left and right. The left because he doesn’t agree with them that George Bush was an imperialist dictator in democratic disguise, and the right because he acknowledges that America is indeed an empire of influence at least.
The points the author makes however are well reasoned and based on fact that can be easily researched. The only critiques I’ve seen in writing so far were taken out of context, and thus not valid.
The only real flaw I would call the author on is portraying Rome as being completely unwitting heirs to their empire. This is necessary for him to make the point that America has also stumbled on to empire, which isn’t entirely true either. There is some pro-empire sentiment to be found in ancient Rome and modern America - among Democrats and Republicans both. Democrat Presidents got America in to both world wars, Korea and Vietnam. Attacking state support of Islamic terrorism after 9/11 is hardly an imperialistic venture, but of course our government has long consisted of two main parties, neither of which has had such overwhelming control that either can step back and point a validly accusative finger at the other.
Aptly Named Book
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Madden provides a balanced approach to all sides and I would recommend this book to any one who likes Roman/American histories as well as those who like to see how the past and present are related.
Well worth it.
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Would you listen to Empires of Trust again? Why?
NO, don't reread books. Too many good ones out there.What other book might you compare Empires of Trust to and why?
Maybe Empires of the Sea, in terms of scope.Which scene was your favorite?
Description of the political culture of Rome and the United States.Any additional comments?
I thought it was a really good read. Learned alot about Rome and how the empire was founded and developed.Great Read
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remarkable
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excellent story.
wonderfully presented.
Any history buff who sees similarities between Rome and the U.S. should read.
excellent in every way
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