TY - BOOK AU - Paul Kennedy TI - The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 SN - 9780679720195 U1 - 909.82 PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - History KW - Nonfiction KW - Politics KW - Economics KW - War N2 - 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 ER -