Episode 7: World Order To World Disorder? Perspective From West Point Profs. Liebert & Silverstone

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"Empires come and go; just look at world history," says Alan Friedman, best selling journalist in his new best seller "The End of America?: A Guide to the New World Disorder." True? Two history professors from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point weigh in.
Dr. Scott Silverstone
Professor of International Relations at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he has served on the faculty since 2001. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and early in his career he was as a US Naval officer, flying for an anti-submarine warfare squadron in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and serving as a crisis staff officer in the Pentagon. He is the author of four books on international conflict, preventive war, and crisis escalation. He is currently writing a book on the origins of the ancient Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian War in the 5th century BC.
Dr. Hugh Liebert
Professor of American Politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, where he teaches courses in political philosophy, American politics, and civil-military relations. He also serves as Director of West Point’s Graduate Scholarship Program. Liebert is the author or editor of seven books, including Gibbon’s Christianity and Plutarch’s Politics, which won the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and a BA from Harvard University