Allegations that America is in decline have become commonplace in the years since the Cold War ended in victory for the United States: Washington, it is said, is doomed to founder in decadence, like an imperial Rome collapsing under the weight of its armies. This thesis is energetically refuted by Alfredo Valladao. America, he believes, will dominate the twenty-first century because it alone has the means - and the will - to do so. It alone possesses the three qualities needed for supreme power: unequalled military force, the biggest and most dynamic economy on the planet, and a culture with universal ambitions. The author traces the course of history from the proclamation of Independence to the present-day metamorphosis into World-America. The prophets of decline, argues Valladao, are a century or two adrift: if a historical analogy must be made, it should be with Rome in triumph after its total victory over Carthage -- the Roman Republic pregnant with an empire.
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With style, Valladao shows that only the United States sees the world in global terms because they have themselves constructed a World-America. A multi-form and multi-cultural country, an often conflicted mosaic of minorities, Valladao shows that Americans, in learning to manage their own diversity, also learnt how to manage the world. -- Liberation [Paris]
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Alfredo Valladao is a Brazilian writer currently living in Paris, where he writes for La Fohla de Sao Paulo. He is Matre de Conferences at the Institut d'Etudes politiques
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Oh, hell yes! To be sure, the US faces many problems - an aging and ideologically confused native-born population, an overly feminized public school system which is in decay, angry minorities that are growing quite aggressive - but I will remind folks that rich != decadent. Far from it. No, we are far from finished. We are very much alive - and our power grows, not diminishes. Valladao is right on the mark. Our skill at management, entertainment and economic creativity comes from the culture clashes we endure on a daily basis. East Europeans go to school alongside Mexicans and Hapas (half-Euro, half-East Asian), Iranians and Arabs. It is true - we are the world.
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