Empires

A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past.  Empires are defined as great military and economic powers encompassing large occupied or controlled land areas. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable.  In 1976, Sir John Glubb, a distinguished British diplomat and general, … [Read more...] about The Decline of the American Empire