TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kennedy,Paul M.
TI  - The rise and fall of the great powers: economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 
SN  - 9780394546742 
U1  - 909.82 23
PY  - 1987///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Random House
KW  - History, Modern
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Military history, Modern
KW  - Military readiness
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Balance of power
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-662) and index.; The rise of the western world -- The Habsburg bid for mastery, 1519-1659 -- Finance, geography, and the winning of wars, 1660-1815 -- 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 two, 1919-1942 -- Stability and change in a bipolar world, 1943-1980 -- To the twenty-first century.
N2  - Examines the relationship of economic to military power as it affects the rise and fall of empires
ER  -