Great Powers And The Quest For Hegemony: The World Order Since 1500
by Jeremy Black /
2007 / English / PDF
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This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power
politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black
provides several historical case-studies, each of which throws
light on both the power in question and the international system
of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding
period.
This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power
politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black
provides several historical case-studies, each of which throws
light on both the power in question and the international system
of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding
period.
The point of departure for this book is Paul Kennedy’s 1988
masterpiece,
The point of departure for this book is Paul Kennedy’s 1988
masterpiece,The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. That
iconic book, with its enviable mastery of the sources and its
skilful integration of political, military and economic history,
was a great success when it appeared and has justifiably remained
important since. Written during the Cold War, however, Kennedy’s
study was very much of its time in its consideration of the great
powers in ‘Western’ terms, and its emphasis on economics. This
book brings together strategic studies, international relations,
military history and geopolitics to answer some of the
contemporary questions left open by Professor Kennedy's great
work, and also looks to the future of great power relations and
of US hegemony.
. That
iconic book, with its enviable mastery of the sources and its
skilful integration of political, military and economic history,
was a great success when it appeared and has justifiably remained
important since. Written during the Cold War, however, Kennedy’s
study was very much of its time in its consideration of the great
powers in ‘Western’ terms, and its emphasis on economics. This
book brings together strategic studies, international relations,
military history and geopolitics to answer some of the
contemporary questions left open by Professor Kennedy's great
work, and also looks to the future of great power relations and
of US hegemony.Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony
Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony will be of great
interest to students of international relations, strategic
studies and international history.
will be of great
interest to students of international relations, strategic
studies and international history.
