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Great powers and the quest for hegemony : the world order since 1500 / Jeremy Black.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Jeremy, 1955-
- Series:
- War, history and politics series
- War, history and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Modern--Case studies.
- History, Modern.
- Military history, Modern--Case studies.
- Military history, Modern.
- Balance of power--Case studies.
- Balance of power.
- Economic history--Case studies.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 273 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Summary:
- This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black provides several historical case studies, each of which throws light on both the power in question and the international system of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding period.
- The point of departure for this book is Paul Kennedy's 1988 masterpiece, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. That iconic book, with its enviable mastery of the sources and its skilful integration of political, military and economic history, was a great success when it appeared and has justifiably remained important since. Written during the Cold War, however, Kennedy's study was very much of its time in its consideration of the Great Powers in 'Western' terms, and its emphasis on economics. This book brings together strategic studies, international relations, military history and geopolitics to answer some of the contemporary questions left open by Professor Kennedy's great work, and also looks to the future of Great Power relations and of US hegemony.
- Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony will be of great interest to students of international relations, strategic studies and international history.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: the Kennedy thesis considered 1
- 2 Bids for mastery, 1500-90 27
- 3 Seventeenth-century crises, 1590-1680 52
- 4 The rise of the great powers, 1680-1774 71
- 5 A reshaped world, 1775-1860 89
- 6 Accelerated change, 1860-1913 116
- 7 Bids for power, 1914-42 137
- 8 The fall of empires, 1943-91 159
- 9 American hegemony, 1991-2007? 199
- 10 Into the future 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [260]-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415395793
- 0415395798
- 9780415395809
- 0415395801
- 9780203938898
- 0203938895
- OCLC:
- 86117829
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