Chua Amy. Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - And Why They Fall

Doubleday, 2007. — 425 p. — ISBN: 978-0-385-51284-8.In this sweeping history, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how globally dominant empires or hyperpowers rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliant chapter-length studies, she examines the most powerful cultures in history from the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise.
Chua's analysis uncovers a fascinating historical pattern: while policies of tolerance and assimilation toward conquered peoples are essential for an empire to succeed, the multicultural society that results introduces new tensions and instabilities, threatening to pull the empire apart from within. What this means for the United States' uncertain future is the subject of Chua's provocative and surprising conclusion.Introduction : The Secret to World Dominance
The Tolerance of Barbarians
The First Hegemon : The Great Persian Empire from Cyrus to Alexander
Tolerance in Rome s High Empire : Gladiators, Togas, and Imperial " Glue "
China s Golden Age : The Mixed—Blooded Tang Dynasty
The Great Mongol Empire : Cosmopolitan Barbarians
The Enlightening of Tolerance
The " Purification " Medieval Spain :Inquisition, Expulsion, and the Price of Intolerance
The Dutch World Empire : Diamonds, Damask,and Every " Mongrel Sect in Christendom
Tolerance and Intolerance in the East : The Ottoman, Ming, and Mughal Empires
The British Empire : " Rebel Buggers " and the " White Man Burden "
The Future of World Dominance
The American Hyperpower : Tolerance and the Microchip
The Rise and the Fall of Axis Powers : Nazi German and Imperial Japan
The Challengers : China, the European Union, and India in the Twenty—first Century
The Day of Empire : Lessons of History