The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Vintage) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Vintage) Saturday, August 1 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Vintage) Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Paul M. Kennedy: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (Vintage) Friday, July 17 2009.

• In the year 1500, the date chosen by numerous scholars to mark the divide between modern and pre-modern times, it was by no means obvious to the inhabitants of Europe that their continent was poised to dominate much of the rest of the earth.