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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Page 12
Despite noting , and occasionally suffering from , the newer weaponry of
European forces , the janissaries were slow to modernize themselves . Their
bulky cannons were not replaced by the lighter castiron guns . After the defeat at
Lepanto ...
Despite noting , and occasionally suffering from , the newer weaponry of
European forces , the janissaries were slow to modernize themselves . Their
bulky cannons were not replaced by the lighter castiron guns . After the defeat at
Lepanto ...
Page 16
13 Despite its hard - won military superiority over Mongol horsemen , there was
nothing easy or inevitable about the growth of the Russian Empire . The more
peoples that were conquered , the greater was the likelihood of internal
dissension ...
13 Despite its hard - won military superiority over Mongol horsemen , there was
nothing easy or inevitable about the growth of the Russian Empire . The more
peoples that were conquered , the greater was the likelihood of internal
dissension ...
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Despite all the premature announcements , it is still not one with Nineveh and
Tyre . 105 This divergence between Britain ' s shrunken economic state and its
overextended strategical posture is probably more extreme than that affecting
any ...
Despite all the premature announcements , it is still not one with Nineveh and
Tyre . 105 This divergence between Britain ' s shrunken economic state and its
overextended strategical posture is probably more extreme than that affecting
any ...
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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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