# Why America Is Not a New Rome

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- Authors: [Václav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2010-01-29

## Description

An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles. America's post–Cold War strategic dominance and its pre-recession...

## Editions

### Why America Is Not a New Rome

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-6228-829-3
- Published: 2010-01-29
- Language: en_US