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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of the public at large , the sheer extent and destructive capacity of the nuclear
weaponry held in these two arsenals is an indication of political incapacity or
mental sickness , which threatens all daily life on this planet and should be
abolished ...
of the public at large , the sheer extent and destructive capacity of the nuclear
weaponry held in these two arsenals is an indication of political incapacity or
mental sickness , which threatens all daily life on this planet and should be
abolished ...
Page 505
In other words , the vast nuclear armories of each superpower will continue to
exist , but ( barring an accidental " triggering " ) they are in all likelihood unusable
, because they contradict the ancient assumption that in war , as in most other ...
In other words , the vast nuclear armories of each superpower will continue to
exist , but ( barring an accidental " triggering " ) they are in all likelihood unusable
, because they contradict the ancient assumption that in war , as in most other ...
Page 617
For examples : J . Schell , The Fate of the Earth ( New York , 1982 ) ; H . Caldicott
, Nuclear Madness ( Brookline , Mass . , 1979 ) ; E . P . Thompson , Zero Option (
London , 1982 ) . 175 . There is a good brief survey of these strategic ideas in E ...
For examples : J . Schell , The Fate of the Earth ( New York , 1982 ) ; H . Caldicott
, Nuclear Madness ( Brookline , Mass . , 1979 ) ; E . P . Thompson , Zero Option (
London , 1982 ) . 175 . There is a good brief survey of these strategic ideas in E ...
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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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