When I First Came To Oxford, I

American Empire- It Is An Empire That Lacks The Drive To Export Its Capital, Its People And Its Culture To Those Backward Regions Which Need Them Most Urgently And Which, If They Are Neglected, Will Breed The Greatest Threats To Its Security. It Is An Empire, In Short, That Dare Not Speak Its Name. It Is An Empire In Denial.

All Empires Have Depended On Local Legitimacy And Local Collaboration; They Are Not Based Primarily On Coercion. An Imperial Rule That Relies Wholly On Coercion Can't Endure. It's Too Expensive.

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Oral History Is A Recipe For Complete Misrepresentation Because Almost No One Tells The Truth, Even When They Intend To.

The Rise Of The West Is, Quite Simply, The Pre-eminent Historical Phenomenon Of The Second Half Of The Second Millennium After Christ.