Abstract:
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Yale Law Professor Amy Chua for a discussion of the rise and fall of hyperpowers. Drawing on comparative historical case studies, Chua provide a unique perspective on the importance of tolerance in the ascent to power and the emergence of intolerance in the period of decline.
KEYWORDS: Diversity, Empire, Decline.
Publication date:
November 15, 2007
Publication type:
Conversations with History