An Analysis of Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Ecomonic Change and Military Conflict from 1500-2000

Kennedy sought to understand the social, economic, and military forces that shape great powers. While earlier scholars of international history had written about 'great men' and their achievements, Kennedy focused on the interdependence of military might and economic growth.

List of contents

Ways in to the Text Who was Paul Kennedy? What does The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Say? Why does The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

About the author

Riley Quinn holds master's degrees in Politics and International Relations from both LSE and the University of Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Riley Quinn
• Publisher: Macat International Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.07.2017
• EAN: 9781912128150
• ISBN: 978-1-912128-15-0
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 131 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies