Will the United States of America go the way of Rome, Byzantium, and Egypt--those empires which collapsed and are known to us only through the history books?

This title was first published in 2002. The Imperial Republic addresses the enduring relationship that the American constitution has with the concept of empire

Created in a world of empires, the United States was to be something new: an expansive republic proclaiming commitments to liberty and equality but eager to ext