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RIDER OF DRAGONS
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS
By: Paul Kennedy

Vintage
January 1989
On Sale: January 15, 1989
704 pages
ISBN: 0679720197
EAN: 9780679720195
Paperback
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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.

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