Full Description
After the end of America's longest (20-year) war in Afghanistan and Iraq that cost more than $6 trillion and nearly half a million lives, what does the future hold for America and the American people in the 21st century? In this timely and important book, Berch Berberoglu provides an eye-opening account of the history of the American Empire from its inception to the present, with prospects for its future. Examining the worldwide expansion of the American Empire over the course of its turbulent history in great detail, Berberoglu assesses America's imperial legacy in a sober way, highlighting its failure to come to terms with the enormous cost of this adventure in imperial overreach. But Berberoglu sees light at the end of the long, dark tunnel, when the American people will awaken and lead the way to a new America after empire in the coming decades of the 21st century.
Contents
1. Introduction: The Fate of the American Empire 2. The Empire Revisited: A Close Look at Our Past 3. Who We Are as Americans: One Nation Indivisible or a Divided Empire? 4. The American Century: The Postwar Rise of the American Empire 5. Wealth and Income Inequality in the Wealthiest Empire in History 6. The "Great Recession" and the Beginning of the End for the American Empire 7. The Decline of the American Empire: Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Wars, and the End of U.S. Global Hegemony 8. Awakening of the American People from the Shackles of a False Dream 9. A New Beginning for America: After Empire and Imperialism 10. Conclusion: Toward a New America in the 21st Century
