Table of Contents

Empires of TrustPreface

1. Empires of Trust . . . and the Other Ones
2. Distrusting Kings
3. Family Values
4. Building an Empire While Trying Not To
5. Becoming a Superpower
6. The Empire and Its Aging Cultural Parents
7. How an Empire of Trust Grows . . . and Grows
8. Pax
9. Fights Around the Dinner Table of Empire
10. The Threat of Terrorism
11. Crying Over the Fall

A Note on Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

About the Author

Thomas F. Maddenis a professor of history and the director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. He has written and lectured extensively on the ancient and medieval Mediterranean as well as on the history of Christianity and Islam. Awards for his scholarship include the Medieval Academy of America's Haskins Medal and the Medieval Institute's Otto Grundler Prize. He is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Medieval Academy of America. His books includeVenice- A New HistoryandIstanbul- City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World.

Reviews

"An entertaining comparison by an astute historian. . .Gems for history buffs as well as those who have never considered that something that happened before 1900 might matter."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"A breakout book."
-Richard Ellis, author of Founding Fathers