The Tragedy of Empire

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By Scott Nearing

Island Press, 1945, 168 pp

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A review of the last 2,500 years of history in the western world clearly shows, Mr. Nearing holds, that empire-building is a futile business and that now is the time to replace it with a world federation.

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