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marmar

(77,073 posts) Tue Mar 27, 2012, 08:36 AM Mar 2012

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In case you missed this on BOOK TV, Morris Berman's assessment of America......

...... is very blunt, bleak and sobering, but this is well worth a watch.

http://www.booktv.org/Watch/13006/Why+America+Failed+The+Roots+of+Imperial+Decline.aspx

"Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline"
Morris Berman

Morris Berman talks about the third book in his trilogy on the decline of the American empire. Mr. Berman argues that self-interest trumping the common good has led the U.S. astray. This event was hosted by Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Los Angeles.

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In case you missed this on BOOK TV, Morris Berman's assessment of America...... (Original Post) marmar Mar 2012 OP

It answered a lot of questions I had but I can't...... Bonhomme Richard Mar 2012 #1

Bonhomme Richard

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1. It answered a lot of questions I had but I can't......

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:14 AM

Mar 2012

have such a bleak, throw my hands up in the air, outlook. I have to believe that we can change course.

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