{"product_id":"empires-of-trust-how-rome-built-and-america-is-building-a-new-world-9780452295452","title":"Empires of Trust: How Rome Built--and America Is Building--a New World","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed historian offers an optimistic view of the future of the United States in the light of Roman history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Maybe the end of the American ascendancy is not upon us. Maybe the U.S. will continue to dominate the world for centuries. Now award-winning historian Thomas Madden delivers an optimistic view of our nation's future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Madden shows that the power of the ancient Roman republic and the U.S. was built on trust between allies, not the conquest of enemies. The far-reaching implications of this fact are essential reading for anyone who cares about the challenges we face now and in the years ahead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Packed with stories from Roman history that offer amazingly obvious and explicitly stated parallels to our recent history, \u003ci\u003eEmpires of Trust\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative pleasure and a hopeful inspiration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas F. Madden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.54w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452295452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas F. Madden\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. He has written and lectured extensively on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean as well as on the history of Christianity and Islam. Awards for his scholarship include the Medieval Academy of America's Haskins Medal and the Medieval Institute's Otto Grundler Prize. He is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Medieval Academy of America. His books include \u003ci\u003eVenice: A New History \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIstanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45397453865075,"sku":"9780452295452","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_baf3ed50-c51f-4d2a-b35c-8e7af1553694.jpg?v=1787659217","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/empires-of-trust-how-rome-built-and-america-is-building-a-new-world-9780452295452","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}