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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The rise and fall of the great powers: economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000
Recensione dell'utente - 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 ... Leggi recensione completa
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| Titolo | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 History/Political Science |
| Autore | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Vintage Books, 1989 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of California |
| Digitalizzato | 8 set 2008 |
| ISBN | 0679720197, 9780679720195 |
| Lunghezza | 677 pagine |
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