{"product_id":"9780006860525","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Kennedy, Paul \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/03\/1989,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 928 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780006860525,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Kennedy’s masterwork begins in the year 1500, at a time of various great centres of power including Minh China, the Ottomans, the rising Mughal state, the nations of Europe. But it was the latter which, through competition, economic growth and better military organisation, came to dominate the globe – until challenged later by Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Now China, boosted by its own economic prowess, rises to the fore. Throughout this brilliant work, Kennedy persuasively demonstrates the interdependence of economic and military power, showing how an imbalance between the two has historically led to spectacular political disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Erudite and brilliantly original, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics of power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697939152940,"sku":"9780006860525","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780006860525.jpg?v=1722608132","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9780006860525","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}