The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000With 200,000 hardcover copies in print, this book has received worldwide attention. Kennedy explains how the various world powers have risen and fallen over the five centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in Western Europe. |
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It is interesting to note that the run of early Habsburg victories in Europe and the
successful defense of the Ameri . cas in ... and the stupendous Dutch success in
seizing the silver fleet in 1628 ( costing Spain and its inhabitants as much as 10 ...
Each success has beneficially interacted with the others , to produce a rate of
economic expansion which has far eclipsed that of the traditional western powers
— as well as that of Comecon - in recent years . In 1960 , for example , the ...
This success could not have been achieved without its own people ' s
commitment to entrepreneurship , quality control , and hard work , but it was also
aided by certain special factors : the holding - down of the yen to an artificially low
level for ...
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The rise and fall of the great powers: economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictYale historian Kennedy surveys the ebb and flow of power among the major states of Europe from the 16th centurywhen Europe's preeminence first took shapethrough and beyond the present erawhen great ... Read full review
Learning from History, July 19, 2003
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Kennedy chronicles the rise of the Great Powers starting with the Ming Dynasty in China and taking us all the way to the contemporary times of the 1980s.
By analyzing world history through the prisms of economical, political, and military status of each great rising power, Kennedy fuses a theory of why certain countries throughout history (1500-present) rose to be regional or world powers and why they later collapsed.
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As the other reviewers noted, Kennedy's book falls short of accurately predicting the changes that were to follow the publication date of his book (fall of Russia, Asian market crises). Nevertheless this book is a valuable historical resource.
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The Rise of the Western World | 3 |
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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