Name: The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
ISBN: 9780008226473

Paul Kennedy

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

Paul M. Kennedy

Surveys global politics over the past five hundred years and discusses current problems facing the major powers

Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

No one busts the "great man theory" the way books like these do. Another one of the same vein would be the book "Wages of History".

Clear cut insightful numbers/data behind the rise and demise of countries, and what drove them towards policies and alliances.

No one busts the "great man theory" the way books like these do. Another one of the same vein would be the book "Wages of History".

Clear cut insightful numbers/data behind the rise and demise of countries, and what drove them towards policies and alliances.