Empire in decline

Section: Political Books

Number of pages: 672 pages

An Empire in Decline... The author asserts that the United States was an empire, securing its vital space by seizing indigenous lands and committing genocide against them before moving east, west and south to extend its influence and support its presence. He believes that what distinguishes this empire is its creation of international organizations and multinational institutions that have penetrated the fabric of societies and made the American model the dominant model worldwide.

The book anticipates the end of this empire based on objective indicators that include politics, economics, and culture, as it attributes the factors of this decline to internal causes, which lie primarily in the contraction of the American economy, the general state of frustration prevailing in American society as a result of an unfair social policy, and the collapse of the myths or beliefs on which the American empire was based.