What is it and what stage is the United States in? ... During the world power stage, the hegemon has no challengers, and they are able to start making their own rules. ... Now in 2015 with the United States still in power as hegemon, there are talks about what stage we are in. As George Modelski sees it, we are still in the stage of delegitimation and we have been since 1973 with the Soviet Union's economic reform. ... According to the Heritage Foundation, China's military is growing steadily, while the United States' is shrinking. ...

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In To Lose A Battle: France 1940 Alistair Horne recounts the story of the fall of France in exceptional detail. Horne's one main point that arises uncharacteristically near the end of the final chapter is that "This book has tried to show more than any one individual or set of individuals was to...

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This proved to be fundamentally false and Russian nationalism and beliefs of superiority set the stage for ethnic conflict within the USSR (www.historyorb.com). ... The potential danger had increased much more by the foundation of the new rich oil reserves in Turkmenistan. ...

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In America, we are privileged to live in such a place where our religion is not put on trial and who or what one believes in is not reason to ignite violence on such an extreme stage. ... That is the foundation under which India is totally powered and the Indian people ultimately controlled. ...

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