Author: John B. WolfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Emergence of the Great Powers, 1685-1715
Author: John B. WolfThe Emergence of the Great Powers
Author: John B. WolfThe Emergence of the Great Powers, 1685-1715
Author: John Baptist WolfPublisher:
ISBN: 9780313240881
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great
Author: William YoungPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595329926
Category : Diplomacy
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The Peace of Westphalia (1648), ending the Thirty Years' War, resulted in the rise of the modern European states system. However, dynasticism, power politics, commerce, and religion continued to be the main issues driving International politics and warfare. Dr. William Young examines war and diplomacy during the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great. His study focuses on the later part of the Franco-Spanish War, the Wars of Louis XIV, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the West. In addition, the author explores the wars of the Baltic Region and East Europe, including the Thirteen Years' War, Second Northern War, War of the Holy League, and the Great Northern War. The study includes a guide to the historical literature concerning war and diplomacy during this period. It includes bibliographical essays and a valuable annotated bibliography of over six hundred books, monographs, dissertations, theses, journal articles, and essays published in the English language. International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great is a valuable resource for individuals interested in the history of diplomacy, warfare, and Early Modern Europe.
The Emergence of the Great Powers
Author: John B. WolfThe Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Author: Paul KennedyPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307773566
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1335
Book Description
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 Rise of the Great Powers 1648 - 1815
Author: Derek MckayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317872835
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
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 Grand Strategies of Great Powers
Author: Tudor A. OneaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351975870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
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.
The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990
Author: Karen A. RaslerPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
In The Great Powers and Global Struggle, Karen A. Rasler and William R. Thompson focus on two themes: the rise and fall as well as the relative decline of major world powers over the past five hundred years, and the way in which these processes have set the stage for the outbreak of global war. Their interdisciplinary approach encompasses political science, economics, sociology, geography, and history. The most significant wars occur when regional leaders—historically in Western Europe—challenge global leaders. By studying the wars of Napoleon, Louis XIV, Phillip II and the Italian/Indian Ocean wars of the sixteenth century through World Wars I and II to the present, the authors challenge the long-held idea that prosperity leads to over-consumption and underinvestment and thus decline—a theory, traceable to ancient times, that remains the principal explanation for global decline today. Arguments about global structural change and its implications abound, but rarely is the abstract translated into concrete historical terms with emphases on specific actors and empirical documentation. Rasler and Thompson reinterpret the past five hundred years of major-power warfare and provide extensive tests of the eighteen generalizations critical to their argument. They conclude that those who argue that global war and repositioning are no longer a concern among the major powers lack critical understanding of the behavior that contributes to such conflict.
Aspects of European History 1494-1789
Author: Stephen J. LeePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134972261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
First published in 1984. Lee's book takes an analytical approach to a wide range of topics in early modern European history, from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, showing a variety of methods that can be used to present a theme or argument in an essay or exam.