Widely reviewed and critically praised, Emmanuel Todd's After the Empire predicts that the United States is forfeiting its superpower status as it moves away from traditional democratic values of egalitarianism and universalism, lives far beyond its means economically, and continues to anger foreig[...]

We are told that Western/Christian and Muslim/Arab civilizations are heading towards inevitable conflict. The demographics of the West remain sluggish, while the population of the Muslim world explodes, widening the cultural gap and all but guaranteeing the outbreak of war. Leaving aside the media's[...]

Far from being at the apogee of its power, the United States of America is locked in the messy and disruptive logic of decline. It is desperately important for us to find a way to contain the shock waves from America's impending collapse as the sole superpower. This book attempts to tell the truth.[...]