Kennedy, Paul M. 1945-

The rise and fall of the great powers : economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
40 editions published between 1987 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 4,187 libraries worldwide
Examines the relationship of economic to military power as it affects the rise and fall of empires.

Preparing for the twenty-first century by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
45 editions published between 1991 and 2002 in 11 languages and held by 3,088 libraries worldwide
Human history has always been shaped by the growth and migration of populations, by the opportunities and constraints provided by the environment, and by the rise of new technologies. Today, these forces are enmeshed in a state of unprecedented turbulence. World population has more than doubled in the past forty years to reach its current level of 5.5 billion, and it will exceed 8 billion and perhaps even 10 billion early in the next century. How will these vast numbers reshape the world's borders, strain an already fragile ecosystem, and remake politics? New technologies are even now replacing traditional work with radically new systems of production and communication, promising enormous changes in both industrial and traditional agricultural societies. Will potential developments in biotechnology render traditional food producers obsolete? What is the role of robotics in a world where millions of new jobs are needed each year to absorb the fast-growing population? And what will the roles of women be? How will the spread of AIDS affect the rapid growth of population in countries like India or those of central Africa? And how will all these complex, mutually dependent changes affect individual nations as they struggle with their own ethnic and economic pressures, including the inevitability of ever larger migrations from poorer to richer parts of the world as populations explode in less developed regions and decline in such areas as Japan, parts of North America, and the European continent? Given their historic behavior, how will Japan, the United States, and Europe - as well as the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America - be likely to respond to these unprecedented circumstances? What is the role of education in a two- or three-tier world? Professor Kennedy's classic The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers considered the forces within nations that led to their rise and fall. In Preparing for the Twenty-first Century Kennedy addresses a larger and uniquely modern question: how will transnational forces in a world of scarce resources, instant communications, and exploding population affect the nations of the world and the people who inhabit them as the new century dawns?

The parliament of man : the past, present, and future of the United Nations by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
10 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,284 libraries worldwide
Scholar Kennedy gives a thorough history of the United Nations that explains the institution's roots and functions while also casting an eye on the UN's effectiveness as a body and on its prospects for success in meeting coming challenges. He makes sense of the commissions and committees, and how the six main operating bodies operate and interact. Citing examples from history, he shows how the five permanent members of the Security Council on numerous occasions overcame political antagonisms to spearhead military supervision of aid in humanitarian crises, and how lack of cooperation among the great powers has hamstrung such initiatives as the control of greenhouse gas emissions and exacerbated the deleterious effects of globalization on developing nations' economies. As a body, the UN emerges here for what it is: fallible, human-based, oftentimes dependent on the whims of powerful nations or the foibles of individual senior administrators, but utterly indispensable.--From publisher description.

The rise and fall of British naval mastery by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
31 editions published between 1976 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 996 libraries worldwide

The rise of the Anglo-German antagonism, 1860-1914 by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
21 editions published between 1980 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 912 libraries worldwide

Grand strategies in war and peace ( Book )
7 editions published between 1991 and 1995 in English and Turkish and held by 900 libraries worldwide
En gennemgang af hvordan USA, Sovjetunionen og forskellige europæiske lande har udviklet deres politiske strategier ("Grand Strategy"), og hvorledes de har samordnet deres politiske, økonomiske og militære mål, for at beskytte deres langsigtede interesser i krig og fred.

The War plans of the great powers, 1880-1914 ( Book )
16 editions published between 1979 and 1989 in English and held by 742 libraries worldwide

Strategy and diplomacy, 1870-1945 : eight studies by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
14 editions published between 1983 and 1993 in English and held by 685 libraries worldwide

The realities behind diplomacy : background influences on British external policy, 1865-1980 by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
8 editions published between 1981 and 1989 in English and held by 573 libraries worldwide

The Samoan tangle : a study in Anglo-German-American relations, 1878-1900 by Paul M Kennedy ( Book )
12 editions published between 1974 and 2011 in English and held by 548 libraries worldwide