The rise and fall of the great powers
| Title | The rise and fall of the great powers
economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000 |
|---|---|
| Author | by Paul Kennedy |
| Publication | Vintage |
| Size | XXV, 677p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 0679720197 |
| Topics |
Civilization--Comparative Civilization--History World history--Popular works Economic history Military history |
| Notes | Kennedy argues that economic strength and military power have been highly correlated in the rise and fall of major nations since 1500. He shows that expanding strategic commitments lead to increases in military expenditures that eventually overburden a country's economic base, and cause its long-term decline. His book reached a wide audience of policy makers when it suggested that the United States and the Soviet Union were presently experiencing the same historical dynamics that previously affected Spain, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, and Germany, and that the United States must come to grips with its own "imperial overstretch". However, the Cold War ended two years after Kennedy's book appeared, validating his thesis regarding the Soviet Union, but leaving the United States as the sole superpower and, apparently, at the peak of its economy. Nau (2001) contends that Kennedy's "realist" model of international politics underestimates the power of national, domestic identities or the possibility of the ending of the Cold War and the growing convergence of democracy and markets resulting from the democratic peace that followed. [wikipedia] |
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