Day of Empire

{{Infobox book

| name = Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why They Fall

| image = DayOfEmpire.jpg

| caption = Hardcover cover

| author = Amy Chua

| country = United States

| language = English

| subject = Imperialism, colonialism, geopolitics

| genre = Political science, history, international relations

| publisher = Doubleday

| release_date = October 2007

| media_type = eBook, hardcover

| pages = 432

| isbn = 978-0-385-52412-4

| isbn_note = (eBook)
978-0-385-51284-8 (hardcover)

}}

Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why They Fall is a 2007 book by Yale Law School professor Amy Chua.

Summary

The book discusses examples of "hyperpowers" throughout human history. It explains their strength as a result of their tolerance towards ethnic and religious diversity, but also explains how this diversity eventually led to their downfall.

References

External links

[https://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385512848 Doubleday (publisher) book web page]

=Reviews =

[https://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-bk-kurtzphelan11nov11,0,2652809.story?coll=la-books-headlines Los Angeles Times review] by Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, 11 November 2007
[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/books/review/morrow.html New York Times review] by Lance Morrow, 18 November 2007
[https://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/11/19/chua/ Salon review] by Andrew O'Hehir, 19 November 2007

= Other discussion =

[http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Chua/chua-con0.html Interview with Chua] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525103752/http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Chua/chua-con0.html |date=25 May 2011 }} by Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies
[http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AmyC After Words interview with Chua on Day of Empire, December 29, 2007]

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Category:2007 non-fiction books

Category:Achaemenid Empire

Category:Books about civilizations

Category:Books about geopolitics

Category:Books about imperialism

Category:Books about international relations

Category:Books by Amy Chua

Category:Doubleday (publisher) books

Category:Hegemony

Category:History books about ancient Rome

Category:History books about the British Empire