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.Acknowledgments Maps Tables and Charts Introduction
STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS IN THE PREINDUSTRIAL WORLD
1. The Rise of the Western World Ming China The Muslim World Two Outsiders—Japan and Russia The European Miracle
2. The Habsburg Bid for Mastery, 1519–1659 The Meaning and Chronology of the Struggle Strengths and Weaknesses of the Habsburg Bloc International Comparisons War, Money, and the Nation-State
3. Finance, Geography, and the Winning of Wars, 1660–1815 The Financial Revolution Geopolitics The Winning of Wars, 1660–1763 The Winning of Wars, 1763–1815
STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ERA
4. Industrialization and the Shifting Global Balances, 1815–1885 The Eclipse of the Non-European World Britain as Hegemon? The Middle Powers The Crimean War and the Erosion of Russian Power The United States and the Civil War The Wars of German Unification Conclusions
5. The Coming of a Bipolar World and the Crisis of the Middle Powers : Part One, 1885-1918 The Shifting Balance of World Forces The Position of the Powers, 1885–1914 Alliances and the Drift to War, 1890–1914 Total War and the Power Balances, 1914–1918
6. The Coming of a Bipolar World and the Crisis of the Middle Powers : Part Two, 1919–1942 The Postwar International Order The Challengers The Offstage Superpowers The Unfolding Crisis, 1931–1942
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