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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Yet while its army always remained a junior partner to the French , Britain ' s navy
had no real chance to secure a Nelsonic victory against a foe who prudently
withdrew his fleet into fortified harbors . 71 The explosion of public discontent in ...
Yet while its army always remained a junior partner to the French , Britain ' s navy
had no real chance to secure a Nelsonic victory against a foe who prudently
withdrew his fleet into fortified harbors . 71 The explosion of public discontent in ...
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Barnett , Britain and Her Army , p . 225 . 71 . Figures are from Kennedy , Rise and
Fall of British Naval Mastery , p . 111 . See also the excellent work by Dull ,
French Navy and American Independence ; and A . T . Patterson , The Other
Armada ...
Barnett , Britain and Her Army , p . 225 . 71 . Figures are from Kennedy , Rise and
Fall of British Naval Mastery , p . 111 . See also the excellent work by Dull ,
French Navy and American Independence ; and A . T . Patterson , The Other
Armada ...
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C . J . Bartlett , Great Britain and Sea Power 1815 - 1853 ( Oxford , 1963 ) ,
passim . For some regional manifestations : G . S . Graham , Great Britain in the
Indian Ocean : A Study of Maritime Enterprise 1810 – 1850 ( Oxford , 1967 ) ; B .
Gough ...
C . J . Bartlett , Great Britain and Sea Power 1815 - 1853 ( Oxford , 1963 ) ,
passim . For some regional manifestations : G . S . Graham , Great Britain in the
Indian Ocean : A Study of Maritime Enterprise 1810 – 1850 ( Oxford , 1967 ) ; B .
Gough ...
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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
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 History/Political Science |
| Authors | Paul Kennedy, Paul M. Kennedy, Professor Paul Kennedy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0679720197, 9780679720195 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Economic History History / Modern / 20th Century History / World |
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