<P> Many writers have used variations on the series title (including using "Rise and Fall" in place of "Decline and Fall"), especially when dealing with large nations or empires . Piers Brendon notes that Gibbon's work, "became the essential guide for Britons anxious to plot their own imperial trajectory . They found the key to understanding the British Empire in the ruins of Rome ." </P> <Ul> <Li> An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations . Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged (1805), William Playfair </Li> <Li> The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1868), Jefferson Davis </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), by the satirist Will Cuppy </Li> <Li> The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1959), William Shirer </Li> <Li> The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961), Jane Jacobs </Li> <Li> The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire (1970), John Toland (author) </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of Science (1976), Celia Green </Li> <Li> The Ottoman Centuries: The Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire (1977), Lord Kinross </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church (1983), Malachi Martin </Li> <Li> Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire (1986), Hans Eysenck </Li> <Li> The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1987), Paul Kennedy </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy (1990), David Cannadine </Li> <Li> The Rise and Fall of the British Empire (1998), Lawrence James </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain (2000), Neil Faulkner </Li> <Li> Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2002), Niall Ferguson </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America (2003), David Carlin </Li> <Li> The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (2007), Piers Brendon </Li> <Li> Three victories and a defeat: the rise and fall of the first British Empire (2008), Brendan Simms </Li> <Li> Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire (2008), Parvaneh Pourshariati </Li> <Li> Decline and Fall of the American Republic (2010), Bruce Ackerman </Li> <Li> Triumph and Tragedy: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Immortal Emperors (2010), Alexander Canduci </Li> <Li> The Rise and Fall of the British Empire: Mercantilism, Diplomacy and the Colonies (2015), Phillip J. Smith </Li> </Ul> <Li> An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations . Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged (1805), William Playfair </Li> <Li> The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1868), Jefferson Davis </Li>

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