<B>An acclaimed historian offers an optimistic view of the future of the United States in the light of Roman history</B><BR><BR> Maybe the end of the American ascendancy is not upon us. Maybe the U.S. will continue to dominate the world for centuries. Now award-winning historian Thomas Madden delivers an optimistic view of our nationÂ's future.<BR><BR> Madden shows that the power of the ancient Roman republic and the U.S. was built on trust between allies, not the conquest of enemies. The far-reaching implications of this fact are essential reading for anyone who cares about the challenges we face now and in the years ahead.<BR><BR> Packed with stories from Roman history that offer amazingly obvious and explicitly stated parallels to our recent history, <I>Empires of Trust</I> is a narrative pleasure and a hopeful inspiration.