The Rise of the Great Powers, 1648-1815

The Rise of the Great Powers, 1648-1815

Author: Derek McKay

Publisher: London ; New York : Longman

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780582485549

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The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book.


The Rise of the Great Powers 1648 - 1815

The Rise of the Great Powers 1648 - 1815

Author: Derek Mckay

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1317872835

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The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book.


The Rise of the Great Powers 1648 - 1815

The Rise of the Great Powers 1648 - 1815

Author: Derek Mckay

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1317872843

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The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book.


The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914

The Great Powers and the European States System 1814-1914

Author: Roy Bridge

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-01-14

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1317867920

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This book illuminates, in the form of a clear, well-paced and student-friendly analytical narrative, the functioning of the European states system in its heyday, the crucial century between the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 and the outbreak of the First World War just one hundred years later. In this substantially revised and expanded version of the text, the author has included the results of the latest research, a body of additional information and a number of carefully designed maps that will make the subject even more accessible to readers.


The Pursuit of Power

The Pursuit of Power

Author: Richard J. Evans

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2016-09-01

Total Pages: 1071

ISBN-13: 0241295777

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ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar... a veritable tour de force' Richard Overy, New Statesman 'Transnational history at its finest ... .. social, political and cultural themes swirl together in one great canvas of immense detail and beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times 'Dazzlingly erudite and entertaining' Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times A masterpiece which brings to life an extraordinarly turbulent and dramatic era of revolutionary change. The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about nineteenth-century Europe to create an extraordinarily rich, surprising and entertaining panorama of a continent undergoing drastic transformation. The book aims to reignite the sense of wonder that permeated this remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigated overwhelming cultural, political and technological changes. It was a time where what was seen as modern with amazing speed appeared old-fashioned, where huge cities sprang up in a generation, new European countries were created and where, for the first time, humans could communicate almost instantly over thousands of miles. In the period bounded by the Battle of Waterloo and the outbreak of World War I, Europe dominated the rest of the world as never before or since: this book breaks new ground by showing how the continent shaped, and was shaped by, its interactions with other parts of the globe. Richard Evans explores fully the revolutions, empire-building and wars that marked the nineteenth century, but the book is about so much more, whether it is illness, serfdom, religion or philosophy. The Pursuit of Power is a work by a historian at the height of his powers: essential for anyone trying to understand Europe, then or now.


The Pursuit of Glory

The Pursuit of Glory

Author: T. C. W. Blanning

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 9780670063208

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An accessible chronicle of European history from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the Battle of Waterloo features vivid coverage of such events as the Enlightenment period, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic era.


Great Power Rivalries

Great Power Rivalries

Author: William R. Thompson

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781570032790

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This volume examines interstate rivalries of the past 500 years, providing case studies of those between land powers with continental orientations, and leading maritime powers and challengers. The contributors focus on the transition from commercial to strategic rivalry.


The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

Author: Paul Kennedy

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2010-10-27

Total Pages: 1159

ISBN-13: 0307773566

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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.


The Grand Strategies of Great Powers

The Grand Strategies of Great Powers

Author: Tudor A. Onea

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-08-05

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1351975870

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What is grand strategy and what is it good for? What are great powers, and which states are great powers today? What are the grand strategies available to great powers? What are the conditions under which a certain strategy is suitable and when should it be rejected? What are the factors affecting the success or failure of a given grand strategy? The present volume provides answers to these questions by introducing a typology of great power grand strategies, as strategies of rising, status quo, and declining powers, as well as through historical illustrations of each type. The reader is thus exposed to strategies such as divide and conquer, biding your time, opportunity strike, primacy, semi-detachment, concert, and appeasement through the experiences of leaders such as Bismarck, Peter the Great, Metternich, Deng Xiaoping, Neville Chamberlain, and Stalin. This analysis is then brought to bear on present developments in the grand strategies of the United States, China, and Russia. The volume should be of interest to both the academic and foreign policy-making communities, and in particular to students of international relations, diplomacy, history, and current international affairs.