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
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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
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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
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
Epilogue 120
Facts and Perceptions 120
America Now 120
What America May Become 121
Bibliography 123
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