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

About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe.__From the Trade Paperback edition.__ Examines The Relationship Of Economic To Military Power As It Affects The Rise And Fall Of Empires. The Rise Of The Western World -- The Habsburg Bid For Mastery, 1519-1659 -- Finance, Geography, And The Winning Of Wars, 1660-1815 -- Industrialization And The Shifting Global Balances, 1815-1885 -- The Coming Of A Bipolar World And The Crisis Of The Middle Powers : Part One, 1885-1918 -- The Coming Of A Bipolar World And The Crisis Of The Middle Powers : Part Two, 1919-1942 -- Stability And Change In A Bipolar World, 1943-1980 -- To The Twenty-first Century. By Paul Kennedy. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 541-662. El eminente historiador Paul Kennedy analiza y describe el auge y la caída de las grandes potencias a lo largo de los últimos cinco siglos. La nación proyecta su poder militar según sus recursos económicos, pero el alto coste de mantener la supremacía militar la precipita a la decadencia. las grandes potencias en crisis reaccionan gastando más en defensa y se debilitan desviando recursos productivos. A lo largo de la historia ha existido una significativa correlación entre las capacidades productivas y la fuerza militar. Una obra esencial para comprender la actual encrucijada mundial. About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. From the Trade Paperback edition. Surveys global politics over the past five hundred years and discusses current problems facing the major powers