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1、rlTlTlTlTlTlT^^^^4UTH0ROFTHENEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLERWORLDONFIREAMYCHUAHOWHYPERPOWERSRISETOGLOBALDOMINANCE—ANDWHYTHEYFALLU.S.$27.95/Canada$34.00Inalittleovertwocenturies,Americahasgrownfromaregionalpowertoasuperpower,towhatistodaycalledahyperpower.CanAmericaretainitsp
2、ositionastheworld'sdominantpower,orhasitalreadybeguntodecline?istorianshavedebatedtheriseandfallofempiresforcenturies.YetnoonehasstudiedHthefarrarerphenomenonofhyperpowers—thosefewsocietiesthatamassedsuchextraordinarymilitaryandeconomicmightthattheyessentiallydomin
3、atedtheworld.Now,inthissweepinghistoryofgloballydominantempires,bestsellingauthorAmyChuaexplainshowhyperpowersriseandwhytheyfall.Inaseriesofbrilliantlyfocusedchapters,Chuaexamineshistory'shyperpowers—Persia,Rome,TangChina,theMongols,theDutch,theBritish,andtheUnited
4、States—andrevealsthereasonsbehindtheirsuccess,aswellastherootsoftheirultimatedemise.Chua'sunprecedentedhistoryrevealsafascinatingpattern.Foralltheirdifferences,sheargues,everyoneoftheseworld-dominantpowerswas,atleastbythestandardsofitstime,extraordinarilypluralisti
5、candtolerant.Eachonesucceededbyharnessingtheskillsandenergiesofindividualsfromverydifferentbackgrounds,andbyattractingandexploitinghighlytalentedgroupsthatwereexcludedinothersocieties.ThusRomeallowedAfricans,Spaniards,andGaulsaliketorisetothehighestechelonsofpower,
6、whilethe"barbarian"Mongolsconqueredtheirvastdomainsonlybecausetheypracticedanethnicandreligioustoleranceunheardofintheirtime.Incontrast,NaziGermanyandimperialJapan,whilewieldinggreatpower,failedtoattainglobaldominanceasadirectresultoftheirracialandreligiousintolera
7、nce.(continuedonbackflap)(continuedfromfrontflap)ButChuaalsouncoversagreathistoricalirony:invirtuallyeveryinstance,multiculturaltoleranceeventuallysowedtheseedsofdecline,anddiversitybecamealiability,triggeringconflict,hatred,andviolence.TheUnitedStatesisthequintess
8、entialexampleofapowerthatrosetoglobaldominancethroughtoleranceanddiversity.ThesecrettoAmerica'ssuccesshasalwaysbeenitsunsurpassedabilitytoattract
