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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military and socioeconomic fragility would have been wise to maintain that policy
: if its 1915 decision to enter the war against the Central Powers was a blow to
Austria - Hungary , it is difficult to say that it was the significant benefit to Britain ...
military and socioeconomic fragility would have been wise to maintain that policy
: if its 1915 decision to enter the war against the Central Powers was a blow to
Austria - Hungary , it is difficult to say that it was the significant benefit to Britain ...
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Yet the language of the 1979 – 1980 election campaign was difficult to shake off ,
perhaps because it had not been mere rhetoric , but a fundamentalist view of the
world order and of the United States ' destined place in it . As had happened so ...
Yet the language of the 1979 – 1980 election campaign was difficult to shake off ,
perhaps because it had not been mere rhetoric , but a fundamentalist view of the
world order and of the United States ' destined place in it . As had happened so ...
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On the other hand , the steeply declining birthrate makes it increasingly difficult to
maintain the Bundeswehr at full strength , while the government ' s desire to keep
defense spending down to 3 . 5 to 4 percent of GNP means that it will be ...
On the other hand , the steeply declining birthrate makes it increasingly difficult to
maintain the Bundeswehr at full strength , while the government ' s desire to keep
defense spending down to 3 . 5 to 4 percent of GNP means that it will be ...
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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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