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Is This the End of the American Century?
Adam Tooze | London Review of Books – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Apr 2019

4 Apr 2019 – Trump can be compared to Napoleon, according to Sargent, because they are both destroyers of international order. In the wake of the French Revolution, Napoleon wrecked what was left of the legitimate order of Europe. Trump, in turn, has apparently ended the American world order, or, as Sargent prefers to call it, Pax Americana. Sargent’s is an extraordinary suggestion, even though overenthusiastic historic comparisons have now become commonplace.

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