DAY OF EMPIRE: HOW HYPERPOWERS RISE TO GLOBAL DOMINANCE--AND WHY THEY FALL
Book ID/图书代码： 14650007B16870
English Summary/英文概要： In a little over two centuries, America has grown from a regional power to a superpower, and to what is today called a hyperpower. But can America retain its position as the world’s dominant power, or has it already begun to decline?
Historians have debated the rise and fall of empires for centuries. To date, however, no one has studied the far rarer phenomenon of hyperpowers—those few societies that amassed such extraordinary military and economic might that they essentially dominated the world.
Now, in this sweeping history of globally dominant empires, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how hyperpowers rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliantly focused chapters, Chua examines history’s hyperpowers—Persia, Rome, Tang China, the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise.
Chua’s unprecedented study reveals a fascinating historical pattern. For all their differences, she argues, every one of these world-dominant powers was, at least by the standards of its time, extraordinarily pluralistic and tolerant. Each one succeeded by harnessing the skills and energies of individuals from very different backgrounds, and by attracting and exploiting highly talented groups that were excluded in other societies. Thus Rome allowed Africans, Spaniards, and Gauls alike to rise to the highest echelons of power, while the “barbarian” Mongols conquered their vast domains only because they practiced an ethnic and religious tolerance unheard of in their time. In contrast, Nazi Germany and imperial Japan, while wielding great power, failed to attain global dominance as a direct result of their racial and religious intolerance.
But Chua also uncovers a great historical irony: in virtually every instance, multicultural tolerance eventually sowed the seeds of decline, and diversity became a liability, triggering conflict, hatred, and violence.
The United States is the quintessential example of a power that rose to global dominance through tolerance and diversity. The secret to America’s success has always been its unsurpassed ability to attract enterprising immigrants. Today, however, concerns about outsourcing and uncontrolled illegal immigration are producing a backlash against our tradition of cultural openness. Has America finally reached a “tipping point”? Have we gone too far in the direction of diversity and tolerance to maintain cohesion and unity? Will we be overtaken by rising powers like China, the EU or even India?
Chua shows why American power may have already exceeded its limits and why it may be in our interest to retreat from our go-it-alone approach and promote a new multilateralism in both domestic and foreign affairs.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在两个世纪多一点点的时间里，美国就从一个地方国家发展到一个大国，再到如今的超级大国。那么，美国可以维持在世界上的支配性的地位吗？或者它已经开始衰退了？
历史学家们已经征对帝国的起伏问题争论了几个世纪了。至今还没有一个人研究到非常罕见的超级大国的现象-几个社会团体，聚集了非同寻常的军事力量及经济可以最终控制全球。
如今，扫视全球曾经拥有支配地位的帝国的全面历史，畅销作家Amy Chua解析了这些超级大国兴败盛衰的缘由。在一系列非常集中的章节里，Chua审视了历史上的几个超级大国：波斯，罗马，唐朝，蒙古，希腊，英国及美国-揭示出他们成功背后的原因以及最终导致他们衰败的根源。
Chua史无前例的历史知识向我们展示了一个迷人的模式。对于他们所有的不同之处，她认为，每一个支配世界的力量曾经最起码按照它那个时期的标准，是非常具有兼容性和包容性的。每个团体都继承了包容的风格，他们都能结合并运用来自不同背景的个人的技术及能力，他们也都会去吸引和挖掘被其他社会团体所排斥的高天分的群体。因此，罗马会让非洲人，西班牙人及高卢人登上权利的最高峰；而未开化的蒙古人仅靠他们在当时代没有的那种对道德和宗教的包容就征服了那辽阔的土地。而相反的，对种族和宗教的不包容就直接导致了德国纳粹和日本帝国，在扩增他们的领土时未能获得全球支配地位。
Chua同时又向我们揭示了另一个极大的历史讽刺：事实上，多文化的包容性也播下了最终导致衰败的种子，多样性成为了隐患，引发了碰撞，相互的憎恨与暴动。
美国就是一个通过求同存异而成长成为全球支配力量的典型例子。美国成功的秘诀一直是在与她对富有进取心的移民那不可逾越的吸引力。而如今，对于来自外地的不可控制的非法移民的考虑正冲击着我们传统的文化开放性。美国最终到达了那个的倾斜点了吗？我们是否沿着多样性和包容性的道路走得太远，而已到了无法维持我们的凝聚力和统一的地步了吗？我们会被像中国，欧盟，甚至印度这些正在崛起的力量所取代吗？
Chua告诉我们美国可能已经超越了她的限度，并解析了美国从独权政策中退出， 而致力于促进一个对内和对外崭新的多边主义作为新的发展方向的原因。(AC)
Awards/获奖情况：“From ancient Achaemenid Persia to the modern United States, by way of Rome, Tang China and the Spanish, Dutch and British Empires, Amy Chua tells the story of the world’s hyperpowers—that elite of empires which, in their heyday, were truly without equal. Not everyone will be persuaded by her ingenious thesis that religious and racial tolerance was a prerequisite for global dominance, but also the slow solvent of that cultural ‘glue’ which holds a great nation together.
But few readers will fail to be impressed by the height of this book’s ambition and by the breadth of scholarship on which it is based.” —
Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University, and author of EMPIRE: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order
About the Author/作者介绍： AMY CHUA is the John Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is the author of World on Fire and is a noted expert in the fields of international business, ethnic conflict, and globalization. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and two daughters.
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