The rise and fall of the great powers : economic change and military conflict from 1500-2000
This study looks at the past 500 years to demonstrate that nations which became great powers declined as their growth rate slowed and their spending on defence continued to increase. The author explains how this can be eased or worsened by clever or short-sighted policy decisions
History
xxviii, 898 pages : maps ; 20 cm
9780006860525, 0006860524
20454721
Strategy and economics in the preindustrial world. The rise of the Western world
The Habsburg bid for mastery, 1519-1659 ; Finance, geography, and the winning of wars, 1660-1815
Strategy and economics in the industrial era. 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 2, 1919-1942
Strategy and economics today and tomorrow. Stability and change in a bipolar world, 1943-1980
To the twenty-first century
Originally published: London : Unwin Hyman, 1988