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 508
The full mobilized strength of European forces was nearly 7 million men as
against 3 . 5 million for the United States . " 187 It is , of course , also true that the
United States has deployed 250 , 000 men in situ in Germany , that the army
divisions ...
The full mobilized strength of European forces was nearly 7 million men as
against 3 . 5 million for the United States . " 187 It is , of course , also true that the
United States has deployed 250 , 000 men in situ in Germany , that the army
divisions ...
Page 519
From that perspective , nothing could be more upsetting than proposals to reduce
or withdraw U . S . forces in Europe - however pressing that might be for
economic reasons or for the purpose of buttressing American deployments
elsewhere in ...
From that perspective , nothing could be more upsetting than proposals to reduce
or withdraw U . S . forces in Europe - however pressing that might be for
economic reasons or for the purpose of buttressing American deployments
elsewhere in ...
Page 521
In the same way , while the expansion of Russian forces in the Far East is
alarming to Washington , that is considerably balanced off by the growing threat
posed by the PRC to Russia ' s land and sea lines of communication with the
Orient .
In the same way , while the expansion of Russian forces in the Far East is
alarming to Washington , that is considerably balanced off by the growing threat
posed by the PRC to Russia ' s land and sea lines of communication with the
Orient .
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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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