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Misplaced guilt.(In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order)(Book Review)
Deepak Lal In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order. Palgrave Macmillan, 306 pages, $26.95
The Italians are rightly proud of Ancient Rome, the French revere the Napoleonic First Empire, the Portuguese esteem Prince Henry the Navigator as highly as the Austrians do Emperor Charles V, or the Spanish King Philip II. You won't find a Russian who denigrates Peter or Catherine the Great, any more than a Greek who despises the Athens of Pericles. In Uzbekistan the highest order of chivalry is the Order of Temur, named after their all-conquering hero Tamerlaine, and--despite decades of official disapproval--Mongolians still toast the memory of the great Genghis ...
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