The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

Last night Pete Takeshi brought up in a conversation that he was reading about the causes of Roman decline. I bring it up because DNI
has a new post by Fabius Maximus, Forecast: the Death of the American Constitution.

I say empire not only because of recent imperial adventures abroad, but because of the size of the United States and the change in the nature of the Federal Government.

Here are some recently published books on the fall of the Roman Empire:

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
by Peter Heather (Faculty Page, Jesus College page, wiki)

The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins (Faculty page, St. Hilda's College page, wiki)

Review of Heather by Dr. Fleming; gracchi blog post; a review of Heather and Ward-Perkins; another.

An older book that has been reprinted:
Fall of the Roman Empire by Michael Grant


Decadence, Rome and Romania, the Emperors Who Weren't, and Other Reflections on Roman History
Ancient Worlds Group, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
(Symposium with Dr. Ward-Perkins at Ancient Worlds)
BBC In Our Time discussion
Gibbons