The Fall of Empires: A Brief History of Imperial Collapse

Review "Chad Denton has written a highly nuanced account of the many ways in which personality, history, and serendipity have interacted to end empires, in the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds and across the continents. Both specialists and non-specialists will find his treatment enlightening and his writing exceptional."— Alexander J. Motyl, author of

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