01144nam a22001697a 450000500170000000800410001702000100005804000100006808200160007810000190009424500570011326000300017030000110020050507210021154600120093265000300094420260513124717.0260513b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a(hbk)  cUE-CL  a909.82bK38  aKennedy, Paul   aThe rise and fall of the great powersc/Paul Kennedy  aUSA:bRandom House,c1988  a898 p.  a1. The Rise of the Western World

Ming China

The Muslim World

Two Outsiders - Japan and Russia

The 'European Miracle'

2. The Habsburg Bid for Mastery, 1519-1659

The Meaning and Chronology of the Struggle Strengths and Weaknesses of the Habsburg Bloc International Comparisons

War, Money, and the Nation-State

3. Finance, Geography, and the Winning of Wars, 1660-1815

The 'Financial Revolution' The Winning of Wars, 1660-1763

Geopolitics

The Winning of Wars, 1763-1815

STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ERA

4. Industrialization and the Shifting Global Balances, 1815-85

The Eclipse of the Non-European World

Britain as Hegemon? The 'Middle Powers' The Crimean War and the Erosion of Russian Power  aEnglish  aRise--Fall--Great--Powers