Paul Kennedy <br/><br/>
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 

 - New York  Vintage Books  1989 
<br/><br/> About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780679720195 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History<br/>Nonfiction<br/>Politics<br/>Economics<br/>War
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909.82