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THE SQUANDERED EMPIRE

THE SQUANDERED EMPIRE

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SQUANDERED EMPIRE is a forensic account of how a once-dominant power drifted from industrial strength into fragility - not through inevitability, but through choices. It traces the long arc from imperial leverage to post-imperial complacency, showing how short-term thinking, misread incentives, and policy fashions quietly hollowed out the foundations that once made the state formidable: production, skills, strategic autonomy, and credible long-range planning.This is not a nostalgia piece and it isn't a slogan book. It's a hard, evidence-led narrative written for readers who want to understand mechanisms: how decisions get made; why certain ideas win; how institutions protect failure; and what happens when a country tries to live off reputation while competitors build capacity. The result is a study of decline that treats the reader as intelligent - and refuses to blame "the people" for what was done above their heads.Across 592 pages (7x10 format), Squandered Empire connects economics, geopolitics, and political economy in plain language, backed by extensive sourcing and tight reasoning. It is designed to be read two ways: as a compelling story you can follow chapter by chapter, and as a reference work you can return to when you need the data, the context, and the receipts .Inside you'll find:Why "wealth" can grow on paper while national capability shrinks in real lifeHow institutional incentives reward short horizons and punish long strategyThe hidden costs of deindustrialisation, financialisation, and policy driftWhat rival models did differently - and why outcomes divergedA clear framework for separating spin from structure in modern power politicsIf you're tired of p
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
594
Release Date:
2026-01-15
Publication Date:
2026-01-15
Publisher:
George Shippey Phd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798902435693
Minimum Reading Age:
14
Maximum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
1101 g
Height:
178 cm
Width:
254 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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