Headlong into Quicksand : The Tale of Today in America, the Oldest Large Democracy Ever, Yet a Decaying Empire

by Howard, Fred

• ISBN13: 9780738851891
• ISBN10: 0738851892
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Replica Books

Table of Contents

The Political Grease on the Skids of Decaying Democracy	p. 14
Are Things Always What They Seem On the Surface?	p. 14
Laying the Basis for Imperial Misleading at the US Start	p. 19
A New Popularity of Old British and American Democracy	p. 34
Destructive Success of the Big Lie--Non-Moral Leaders	p. 38
How Best To Fail--Democratic Roman Civilization	p. 45
Skidding Empires--US Leaders Who Escaped Limits	p. 52
Some Key Differences of Modern and Ancient Democracies	p. 61
Special Difficulties for Moderns with Democratic Urges	p. 61
Key Change for the US and UK--A New Traditional Heritage	p. 67
Differences Between the US and UK Democracies	p. 71
Lack of Understanding of British and American Models	p. 71
Champions in Democratic Duration--Basic Comparisons	p. 76
Mixed Structure and Workings of the British Model	p. 96
US Founders' Intent: Lasting Democracy--Traditional Base	p. 112
Workings of the American Model of Limited Democracy	p. 134
Unmoral Features of the Large Popular Governments	p. 150
Overall Relation Between the Two Major Democracies	p. 172
The Rise of Effete, Anti-Traditional Autocracy in America	p. 178
The Compulsion Toward Protective Empire	p. 178
First Steps by Early Presidents and Their Parties	p. 181
Protective "Emperors" Take Control In The Depression	p. 188
World War II--Empire and the Post-War Presidencies	p. 234
Decaying Great Societies--Building to Vietnam	p. 256
Political Looting of US Credit--The National Debt	p. 275
Entanglements of Uncertain Empire	p. 288
Continued Demoralizations in Imperial Decay	p. 297
How Close to the Edge?--Vital Understandings	p. 313
Epilogue	p. 327
What about Creation?	p. 327
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