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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.Paul Kennedy is the author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000', published 1987 under ISBN 9780394546742 and ISBN 0394546741.
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