Empire or Republic?: American Global Power and Domestic Decay

Empire or Republic? makes the necessary, but much overlooked, link between our nation’s international policies and the domestic situation. The authors contend that the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations have all focused on global leadership to the detriment of pressing social, economic and political problems at home.

Morris Morley is a lecturer in Politics at Macquarie University. James Petras is a Professor of Sociology at the University Center at Binghamton.