Table Of Contents
Introduction: Slouching Toward Empire (1-8)
Part I: Imperia Absurdum (pg 9-106)
          Chapter One: Dead Men Talking (p10)
          Chapter Two: Empires Of Dirt (p34)
          Chapter Three: How Empires Work (sic) (p58)
          Chapter Four: As We Go Marching (p94)
Part II: Woodrow Crosses The Rubicon (p107-257)
          Chapter One: The Road To Hell (p108)
          Chapter Two: The Revolution Of 1913 (p162)
          Chapter Three: Bread, Circuses and McNamara's War (p201)
          Chapter Four: Nixon's The One! (p243)
Part III: Evening In America (p263 -352)
          Chapter One: Ronnie's Real Legacy (p264)
          Chapter Two: America's Glorious Empire Of Debt (p299)
          Chapter Three: Modern Imperial Finance (p334)
          Chapter Four: Something Wicked This Way Comes (p367)
Part IV: The Essential Investor (p389-473)
           Chapter One: Welcome To Squanderville (p390)
           Chapter Two: Still Turning Japanese(p404)
           Chapter Three: The Wall Street Fandango(p431)
           Chapter Four: Subversive Investing (p)
Fat Tails: An Epilogue Of Sorts
Appendix I: The Essentialist Glossary
Appendix II: A Resource Guide For Essential Investors
Index