Some say 'lights out for the American empire' by the end of 2012.

The truth is that the American empire has won three world wars.

Taken all together, they signal the demise of the American empire.

Our great American empire seems bound to crumble at some point.

He turned a tie business into the new American empire - the lifestyle brand.

"We're far too young to die," he said, referring to the American empire.

These territories were added to the American empire because of strategic and commercial considerations.

He is also a man driven to be a central protagonist in the shaping of the American empire.

But the American empire is different, he says, in that it holds no territorial ambitions.

The American Empire is the only successor state to play a major role in world politics.