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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... having first plundered and then tried to govern India in accordance with
Utilitarian principles , finally left with the feeling that the country was still a mystery
to them . ' 1 But the Mogul rule could scarcely be compared with administration by
the ...
... having first plundered and then tried to govern India in accordance with
Utilitarian principles , finally left with the feeling that the country was still a mystery
to them . ' 1 But the Mogul rule could scarcely be compared with administration by
the ...
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When the great battle finally occurred , at Poltava in July 1709 , the Russian army
was vastly superior in numbers and in good defensive positions . Not only did this
encounter wipe out the Swedish force , but Charles ' s subsequent flight into ...
When the great battle finally occurred , at Poltava in July 1709 , the Russian army
was vastly superior in numbers and in good defensive positions . Not only did this
encounter wipe out the Swedish force , but Charles ' s subsequent flight into ...
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Finally , if it had seen its productive lead eroded by certain faster - growing
economies , it had still maintained a very considerable superiority over the Soviet
Union in almost all respects of true national power and - by clinging to its own ...
Finally , if it had seen its productive lead eroded by certain faster - growing
economies , it had still maintained a very considerable superiority over the Soviet
Union in almost all respects of true national power and - by clinging to its own ...
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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
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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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