J.B.'s review
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall
by Amy Chua
J.B.'s review
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall by Amy Chua
J.B.'s review
rating:
recommended for: everyone who can read a long book
There is lots of great information in this book, and a brilliant conclusion. I was actually considering doing ressearch about the same topic, and i saw her interview so i had to read. I have 2 quotes in my 'quotes' page here, that i found in this book. such eye opening and original material.
I would like to point out though that the tone is very repetitive and this book could have probably been about 1/3 shorter. it took a sincere interest in re-learning this stuff for me to finish it. the writing is strong, but is not a very fluid tone in my opinion. i needed this history update, and for me this is a background for my grad studies in finance. The author is one of the head law professors at Yale. you could almost re-title this 'history of the capitalist world.'
so, a great read if you are interested in the topic enough to trudge through the slow parts. for someone not as patient, i've heard 'guns, germs, and steel' and also a new book ' power & plenty' (finlay /o'r...more
I would like to point out though that the tone is very repetitive and this book could have probably been about 1/3 shorter. it took a sincere interest in re-learning this stuff for me to finish it. the writing is strong, but is not a very fluid tone in my opinion. i needed this history update, and for me this is a background for my grad studies in finance. The author is one of the head law professors at Yale. you could almost re-title this 'history of the capitalist world.'
so, a great read if you are interested in the topic enough to trudge through the slow parts. for someone not as patient, i've heard 'guns, germs, and steel' and also a new book ' power & plenty' (finlay /o'r...more
