The Breakdown of Nations

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD by Kirkpatrick Sale

INTRODUCTION

1. THE PHILOSOPHIES OF MISERY
2. THE POWER THEORY OF AGGRESSION
3. DISUNION NOW
4. TYRANNY IN A SMALL-STATE WORLD
5. THE PHYSICS OF POLITICS: THE PHILOSOPHIC ARGUMENT
6. INDIVIDUAL AND AVERAGE MAN: THE POLITICAL ARGUMENT
7. THE GLORY OF THE SMALL: THE CULTURAL ARGUMENT
8. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SMALL: THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT
9. UNION THROUGH DIVISION: THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARGUMENT
10. THE ELIMINATION OF GREAT POWERS: CAN IT BE DONE?
11. BUT WILL IT BE DONE?
12. THE AMERICAN EMPIRE?

AFTERWORD by the Author

APPENDICES: THE PRINCIPLE OF FEDERATION PRESENTED IN MAPS (Maps drawn by Franc Riccardi)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX