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050 00 JC359|b.J35 2006 
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100 1  James, Harold,|d1956- 
245 14 The Roman predicament :|bhow the rules of international 
       order create the politics of empire /|cHarold James. 
260    Princeton :|bPrinceton University Press,|c©2006. 
300    vii, 166 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-161) and 
       index. 
505 0  The model of decline and fall -- Mercury and Mars -- The 
       questioning of rules in an obscure and irregular system --
       Can it last? -- The victory of Mars -- Terminus: beyond 
       the fringe -- The Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Empire. 
520    Modern America owes the Roman Empire for more than 
       gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's 
       Capitol. It can also thank the ancient republic for some 
       helpful lessons in globalization. So argues economic 
       historian Harold James in this masterful work of 
       intellectual history. The book addresses what James terms 
       "the Roman dilemma"--The paradoxical notion that while 
       global society depends on a system of rules for building 
       peace and prosperity, this system inevitably leads to 
       domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. As
       it did in ancient Rome, James argues, a rule-based world 
       order eventually subverts and destroys itself, creating 
       the need for imperial action. The result is a continuous 
       fluctuation between pacification and the breakdown of 
       domestic order. 
520    James summons this argument, first put forth more than two
       centuries ago in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and Edward
       Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, to put 
       current events into perspective. The world now finds 
       itself staggering between a set of internationally 
       negotiated trading rules and exchange--rate regimes, and 
       the enforcement practiced by a sometimes-imperial America.
       These two forces--liberal international order and empire--
       will one day feed on each other to create a shakeup in 
       global relations, James predicts. To reinforce his point, 
       he invokes the familiar bon mot once applied to the 
       British Empire: "When Britain could not rule the waves, it
       waived the rules." Despite the pessimistic 
       prognostications of Smith and Gibbon, who saw no way out 
       of this dilemma, James ends his book on a less depressing 
       note. He includes a chapter on one possible way in which 
       the world could resolve the Roman Predicament--by opting 
       for a global system based on values as opposed to rules. 
600 10 Smith, Adam,|d1723-1790.|tInquiry into the nature and 
       causes of the wealth of nations. 
600 10 Gibbons, Edward,|d1737-1794.|tHistory of the decline and 
       fall of the Roman Empire. 
600 17 Smith, Adam|q(Adam D.).|tAn inquiry into the nature and 
       causes of the wealth of nations.|2idsbb 
600 17 Gibbon, Edward.|tHistory of the decline and fall of the 
       Roman empire.|2idsbb 
600 17 Smith, Adam,|d1723-1790.|0(NL-LeOCL)068349122|2nta 
600 17 Gibbon, Edward,|d1737-1794.|0(NL-LeOCL)068374909|2nta 
630 07 Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of 
       nations (Smith, Adam)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01356351 
648  7 30 B.C.-476 A.D.|2fast 
650  0 Imperialism. 
650  0 Power (Social sciences) 
650  0 International economic relations. 
650  0 International organization. 
650  0 Social values. 
650  7 89.91 imperialism.|0(NL-LeOCL)077609301|2bcl 
650  7 Imperialism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00968126 
650  7 International economic relations.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00976891 
650  7 International organization.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977038 
650  7 Power (Social sciences)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01074219 
650  7 Social values.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01123424 
650  7 Imperialismus|2gnd|0(DE-588)4026651-5 
650  7 Weltordnung|2gnd|0(DE-588)4126263-3 
650  7 Wert|2gnd|0(DE-588)4065654-8 
650  7 Imperium|zRömer|zUSA.|2idsbb 
650  7 Imperium|zUSA|zRömer.|2idsbb 
650  7 Untergang|yGeschichte.|2idsbb 
650  7 Imperialismus.|2idszbz 
650  7 Weltordnung.|2idszbz 
650  7 Wert.|2idszbz 
651  0 Rome|xHistory|yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. 
650 17 Imperialism.|0(NL-LeOCL)078542901|2gtt 
650 17 International economical relations.|0(NL-LeOCL)078547865
       |2gtt 
650 17 International regulation.|0(NL-LeOCL)095974458|2gtt 
650 17 Values.|0(NL-LeOCL)078953278|2gtt 
651  7 Rome (Empire)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204885 
651  7 United States|2gnd|0(DE-588)4078704-7 
651  7 Römisches Reich|2gnd|0(DE-588)4076778-4 
651  7 Roman Empire.|0(NL-LeOCL)078652960|2gtt 
651  7 United States.|0(NL-LeOCL)078939836|2gtt 
651  7 Europe.|0(NL-LeOCL)078500982|2gtt 
651  7 Römisches Reich.|2idszbz 
651  7 United States.|2idszbz 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
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