Glubb's Analysis of the Fall of the Empire

Glub's analysis all fits together neatly with basic facts every educated person knows about fallen empires. Few of his conclusions a buttress with specific torical examples. The examples glub does offer are almost always from england or from what he calls the arab empire, which he dates from a d six 34 to eight 80. Glubb was perfectly well aware that more study would be helpful. For example, it is no doubt true that the single greatest cause of ultimate failure of any great power is wealth. It seems evident that no society can maintain high levels of wealth for very long without rotting from the inside out,. i have not yet been able to see any solution.