PrefacePart I THE CLIODYNAMICS OF POWERChapter 1 Elites, Elite Overproduction, And The Road To CrisisChapter 2 Stepping Back: Lessons Of HistoryPart II THE DRIVERS OF INSTABILITYChapter 3 The Peasants Are RevoltingChapter 4 The Revolutionary TroopsChapter 5 The Ruling ClassChapter 6 Why Is America A Plutocracy?Part III CRISIS AND AFTERMATHChapter 7 State BreakdownChapter 8 Histories Of The Near FutureChapter 9 The Wealth Pump And The Future Of DemocracyAcknowledgmentsAPPENDIXChapter A1 A New Science Of HistoryChapter A2 A Historical MacroscopeChapter A3 The Structural Dynamic ApproachNotesBibliographyIndex