Vaclav Smil - Why America Is Not a New Rome (2010, MIT Press)

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3、lCatastrophesandTrendsWhyAmericaIsNotaNewRomeVaclavSmilTheMITPressCambridge,MassachusettsLondon,England©2010MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeans(includingphotocopying,recording,orinformationstorageand

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6、dStates.6.Rome—History—Empire,30B.C.–476A.D.7.Power(Socialsciences)—Rome.8.Worldpolitics—21stcentury.9.Comparativecivilization.I.Title.E169.1.S59482010973—dc22200901976310987654321Hocgenusinrebusfirmandumstmultapriusquamipsiusreirationemredderepossis...InmattersofthissortfullmanyatruthMus

7、tneedsbefirmlyestablishederethoucomeTospellthesecretofthethingitself...—Lucretius,DererumnaturaVI(CharlesE.Bennetttranslation)ContentsPrefaceixPart1AmericaasaNewRome?1INihilNoviSubSole3ExemplaTrahunt3ImperiumAmericanum11IntentioLibri26Part2WhyAmericaIsNotaNewRome31IIEmpire