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Professor Jeremy Black - Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony - 9780415395809 - V9780415395809
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Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony

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Description for Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony paperback. Provides an overview of Great Power politics and world order. This book offers historical case-studies, which throw light on both the power in question and the international system of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding period. It is intended for students of international relations, strategic studies and international history. Series: War, History and Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.

This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black provides several historical case-studies, each of which throws light on both the power in question and the international system of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding period.

The point of departure for this book is Paul Kennedy’s 1988 masterpiece, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. That iconic book, with its enviable mastery of the sources and its skilful integration of political, military and economic history, was a great success when it appeared and ... Read more

Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony will be of great interest to students of international relations, strategic studies and international history.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
War, History and Politics
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415395809
SKU
V9780415395809
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Professor Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. A world-renowned authority in history and archives; he is the author of seventy books, including The British Seaborne Empire, Rethinking Military History and Introduction to Global Military History.

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