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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in Russia during these decades confirms that things were on the move . 59 But
the blunt point was that the rest of Europe was moving far faster and that Russia
was losing ground . Because of its far bigger population , it had easily possessed
...
in Russia during these decades confirms that things were on the move . 59 But
the blunt point was that the rest of Europe was moving far faster and that Russia
was losing ground . Because of its far bigger population , it had easily possessed
...
Page 233
Was Russia really on the point of becoming the gendarme of Europe once more ,
as these statements might suggest ? ... paucity of reliable runs of comparative
data , by the differences between what the Russians said to foreigners and said
to ...
Was Russia really on the point of becoming the gendarme of Europe once more ,
as these statements might suggest ? ... paucity of reliable runs of comparative
data , by the differences between what the Russians said to foreigners and said
to ...
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Russia was not , in reality , a strong state ; and it was still one which , given the
drift in leadership , was capable of blundering unprepared into foreign
complications , notwithstanding the lessons of 1904 . How then , are we to assess
the real ...
Russia was not , in reality , a strong state ; and it was still one which , given the
drift in leadership , was capable of blundering unprepared into foreign
complications , notwithstanding the lessons of 1904 . How then , are we to assess
the real ...
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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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