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100	1		_aKennedy, Paul M., _d1945- _eauthor _976
245			_aThe rise and fall of the great powers : _beconomic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 / _cby Paul Kennedy.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bRandom House, _c[1987].
264		4	_c©1987.
300			_axxv, 677 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 541-662) and index.
505			_aThe 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.
520			_aExamines the relationship of economic to military power as it affects the rise and fall of empires.
650		0	_aHistory, Modern _977
650		0	_aEconomic history _978
650		1	_aMilitary history, Modern _979
650		0	_aMilitary readiness _xEconomic aspects _980
650		0	_aBalance of power _981
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