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Review of Thomas F. Madden, "Empires of Trust" (New York: Dutton, 2008, $25.95; paperback, Plume Books, 2009, $17)The French demographer Emmanuel Todd made quite a splash in 1976 when he predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, basing his prediction on declining Soviet birth rates and other demographic factors. His prescience in regard to the Soviet Empire seems to have lent a great deal of credibility to his later works, including 2003's "After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order," which was much lauded in France before being alternately skewered and praised in the United States as ...

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