KENNEDY, PAUL - Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, the Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

Harper Collins Publishers, 1989. Paperback. ISBN: 0006860524. An oversize Trade Paperbck in very good ++ condition. A tight binding with an umnarked interior. "This study describes how the past 500 years shows that nations which became great powers had to decline as their growth rate slowed and their spending on defence continued to increase and explains how this can be eased or worsened by clever or short-sighted policy decisions. " Maps, tables & graphs, photos. ; 2.05 x 7.72 x 5.04 Inches; 898 pages. Very Good+ .