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The rise and fall of the great powers : economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000

This book explores national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. The author explains how various powers have risen and fallen over the five centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in Western Europe

Print Book, English, 1989
First Vintage books edition
Vintage Books, New York, 1989