The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

By
Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy
1987 • 677 pages

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