TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy, Paul 
TI  - The rise and fall of the great powers
SN  - (hbk)
U1  - 909.82 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - USA
PB  - Random House
KW  - Rise--Fall--Great--Powers
N1  - 1. 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
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