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Greater America in the Age of Rebellion
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Islam-p112-118, A Violent God-p104, Bibliography, True-False Theme

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Table of Contents
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Foreword 10

Historic False Models 19

   The Hubris of False Models 20
   The Models of Nine-Eleven 25
   Routes from Despotism to Democracy 27
      Summary 29

Models: Do Facts Matter? 31

   Population 31
   Creativity, Invention, Entrepreneurship 32
   Production 33
   Health Care 35
   Imperialism 36
   Interventions 39
   Military Power and Presence 42
      Summary 45

Perceptions Do Matter 47

   Americas Model of the World 48
   The Worlds Model of America 49
      Freedom 52
      Opportunity 53
      Altruism 53
      Culture 55
      International Relations 55
      Opposing Views 59

The Small Challenges 64

   Energy and Global Warming 64
   Doomsday: True Model or False Model? 65
   Water, Food, Plague, Pollution, Corruption 66
      Water 66
      Food 66
      Diseases: HIV, Flu, Non-Native Species 66
      Pollution 67
      Corruption -- International Banking 67
      Corruption of America 69
   Infrastructure 72
      Machinery 72
      Education 72
      Crime and Punishment 73
      Inequality and Poverty 74
      Poverty and 9/11 79
      Summary 81

Religious Terrorism 105

   The Evolution of Christianity 105
   Islam Version 1.0 112
      What went wrong in Islam? 115
      Government in Islamic Law 116
      Tribalism 116
   Islam Version 2.0 117
      Summary 118
      Questions 119

Migrations and Empires 83

      Migrations from Asia to Europe 84
   The Latino Migration 87
   Muslim Migration 89
      Europe Becomes Muslim 90
   Jewish Migration --the Return 91
      Some Israelis Protest Occupation 95
      Some Israelis Protest for Settlements 96
   The Rise and Fall of Empires 97
      The Spread of Religion 98
      The American Empire -- a New Kind ? 101
      Summary 102
      Migrations and Empires: Conflict 103
   The Words of a Violent God 104
      Koran -- words of Allah 104
      Torah -- Old-Testament -- words of God 104



Epilogue 120

   Facts and Perceptions 120
   America Now 120
   What America May Become 121

Illustrations

World's Only Superpower
Iraq in Three Parts: Sunni, Shi'ite, Kurd
World Populations
Gross Domestic Product in 2020
Gross Domestic Product of Nations
Doomsday Graphic
The Tails of America: 1967 and 2007
American Income Distribution Trends
Latinos move to the United States
Muslims move to Europe
Explorations, Migrations, Empires
Muslim Migration
Europe Becomes Muslim
Jewish Migration - the Return
Israel among the Muslims
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
Islam's First Empire
The Ottoman Empire
Japan's Empire in 1942

Tables

Small Killing Events since World War 2
Major Killings Since World War 2
A Few Terrorist Groups
Some Nations and Their Troubles
The Plane-Hijackers - the killers of 9/11
Largest Populations
Patents filed
Gross Domestic Product in 2007
Health-Care Rank
A Few American Wars and Interventions
Top Ten Military Spenders
American Military Sites
Opposing Score Cards
Offshore Banking Centers
Corruption Ranking
Corruption of Congress
Masters of the Land of Israel
Nations with Built-In Conflicts
Versions of Christianity
Chronology of Christianity and Islam
Versions of Islam
Sects of Islam
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