Re: The Conceited Empire (E. Todd)

Excellent!!  As I've been trudging through Empire:  How Spain became a world 
power by Henry Kamen, I've been struck by the similarities between Spain and 
the US.  Now that I'm nearing the end, there is the interesting point that the 
Spanish empire was kept aloft for an extra hundred years or two by other powers 
who benefited from it. 

My only quarrel with E. Todd is his comment that the only power that matters 
now is economic power.  I think cultural power matters even more.  Despite its 
amazing distribution networks for its cultural industries, the US is declining 
in both ways.

Steven Sherman