Giovanni Arrighi writes in his latest book, Adam Smith in Beijing, "…just as US difficulties in Vietnam precipitated the signal crisis of US hegemony, in all likelihood US difficulties in Iraq will, in retrospect, be seen as having precipitated its terminal crisis."
Braudel and American decline
Braudel and American decline
Braudel and American decline
Giovanni Arrighi writes in his latest book, Adam Smith in Beijing, "…just as US difficulties in Vietnam precipitated the signal crisis of US hegemony, in all likelihood US difficulties in Iraq will, in retrospect, be seen as having precipitated its terminal crisis."