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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers : Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

by Paul Kennedy
$15.25
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers : Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 - Thryft
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers : Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 - Thryft

Power dynamics explored through the ages.

Recommended for history buffs seeking insight into geopolitics.

  • Wolfson History Prize (1989)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers : Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

by Paul Kennedy
$15.25
ISBN: 9780679720195
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $33.64
Authors: Paul Kennedy
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date of Publication: 1989-01-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics, Economics
Related Topics: World History, War, European History, Politics, Political Science, History
Goodreads rating: 4.13
(rated by 5740 readers)

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THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED BESTSELLER THAT BOLDLY AND LUCIDLY PUTS OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DILEMMAS INTO THE PERSPECTIVE OF WORLD HISTORY."A work of almost Toynbeean sweep... When a scholar as careful and learned as Mr. Kennedy is prompted by contemporary issues to reexamine the great processes of the past, the result can only be an enhancement of our historical understanding.... When the study is written as simply and attractively as this work is, its publication may have a great and beneficient impact. It is to be hoped that Mr. Kennedy's will have one, at a potentially decisive moment in America's history."Michael Howard, The New York Times Book Review"Important, learned, and lucid... Paul Kennedy's great achievement is that he makes us see our current international problems against a background of empires that have gone under because they were unaible to sustain the material cost of greatness; and he does so in a universal historical perspective of which Ranke would surely have approved."James Joll, The New York Review of Books"His strategic-economic approach provides him with the context for a shapely narrative....Professor Kennedy not only exploits his framework eloquently, he also makes use of it to dig deeper and explore the historical contexts in which some 'power centers' prospered....But the most commanding purpose of his project...is the lesson he draws from 15 centuries of statecraft to apply to the present scene....[The book's] final section is for everyone concerned with the contemporary political scene."Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times"Kennedy gives epic meaning to the nation's relative economic and industrial decline." Newsweek
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Power dynamics explored through the ages.

Recommended for history buffs seeking insight into geopolitics.

  • Wolfson History Prize (1989)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.