The Tiber and the Potomac: Rome, America, and Empires of Trust by Thomas F. Madden on Audio Book Download

Esteemed university professor and best-selling author Thomas F. Madden presents an intriguing series of lectures based on a fascinating premise: that the United States has more in common with the rising Roman Republic than with the declining Roman Empire. The Tiber and the Potomac explores the amazing parallels between history's two most unusual superpowers. Both nations built empires based on trust, skillfully making friends of enemies. During the course of these lectures, Madden not only reveals these often surprising similarities, but also extracts useful principles from history, including vital lessons from Rome's 100-year struggle with terrorism.

Lecture 1 The Varieties of Empire

Lecture 2 The Founding of the Republics

Lecture 3 The Roots of Isolationism

Lecture 4 The First Encounters with a Dangerous World

Lecture 5 Securing the Horizon

Lecture 6 Superpowers

Lecture 7 Protecting the Elder Cultures

Lecture 8 A Cultural Generation Gap

Lecture 9 The Reluctant Empire of Trust

Lecture 10 The Dynamics of Trust

Lecture 11 War and Peace in a Time of Pax

Lecture 12 The Turn Inward

Lecture 13 Religious Terrorism and the Empire of Trust

Lecture 14 Decline and Fall

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