Kennedy, Paul  <br/><br/>
The rise and fall of the great powers 
/Paul Kennedy 
 - USA:  Random House,  1988 
 - 898 p. 
<br/><br/>1. The Rise of the Western World<br/><br/>Ming China<br/><br/>The Muslim World<br/><br/>Two Outsiders - Japan and Russia<br/><br/>The 'European Miracle'<br/><br/>2. The Habsburg Bid for Mastery, 1519-1659<br/><br/>The Meaning and Chronology of the Struggle Strengths and Weaknesses of the Habsburg Bloc International Comparisons<br/><br/>War, Money, and the Nation-State<br/><br/>3. Finance, Geography, and the Winning of Wars, 1660-1815<br/><br/>The 'Financial Revolution' The Winning of Wars, 1660-1763<br/><br/>Geopolitics<br/><br/>The Winning of Wars, 1763-1815<br/><br/>STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ERA<br/><br/>4. Industrialization and the Shifting Global Balances, 1815-85<br/><br/>The Eclipse of the Non-European World<br/><br/>Britain as Hegemon? The 'Middle Powers' The Crimean War and the Erosion of Russian Power 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>(hbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rise--Fall--Great--Powers
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.82  / K38