The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers is a nonfiction, published by the British historian Paul Kennedy in 1987 under the original English title "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers ".

Effect

"The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers" is the most successful of Kennedy's 14 books, which stood for months at the top of the bestseller lists in the U.S., UK and Japan. It has been translated into more than 20 languages ​​and released in the Year of lively discussions among experts from.

Content

The German subtitle " economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 " sets out the priorities of Kennedy's investigation.

It begins with the House of Habsburg, which strove for hegemony in Europe in the 16th century and was replaced in the 17th century by the French kings in it. In the 18th century the rise of Britain began as the leading colonial power, and in the 20th century was the German Empire for a short time at the top of hegemonic powers before it turned out was the bipolar system between U.S. and Soviet Union after the Second World War.

In all these powers Kennedy sees the unchanging rhythm:

The book provides much evidence for the proposition that the power and influence of states essentially by your economy ( and the success thereof) can be determined.