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The rise and fall of the great powers : economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 / by Paul Kennedy.
LIBRA D210 .K46 1987
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Paul M., 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Modern.
- Economic history.
- Military history, Modern.
- Military readiness--Economic aspects.
- Military readiness.
- Military weapons--Economic aspects.
- Military weapons.
- Balance of power.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 677 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [1987]
- Summary:
- A brilliant historical analysis and forecast of the rise and fall of empires from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries by a major contemporary historian. Illustrated with maps and charts.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 625-662.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.
- Storage copy signed in front by Sheldon Hackney.
- Storage copy has MS. notes at end by Sheldon Hackney.
- ISBN:
- 0394546741 :
- OCLC:
- 15594794
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