The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000

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.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

• Big Debt Crises
• The Lessons of History
• The Lessons of History
• Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
• Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government
• World Order
• Diplomacy
• Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces