An Analysis of Paul Kennedy's the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Ecomonic Change and Military Conflict from 1500-2000

by Riley Quinn

Book Overview

Paul Kennedy owes a great deal to the editor who persuaded him to add a final chapter to this study of the factors that contributed to the rise and fall of European powers since the age of Spain's Philip II. This tailpiece indulged in what was, for an historian, a most unusual activity: it looked into the future. Pondering whether the United States would ultimately suffer the same decline as every imperium that preceded it, it was this chapter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912128152
• ISBN13: 9781912128150
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Macat Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.6"