The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers

The EEC – Potential and Problems (#litres_trial_promo)

The Soviet Union and Its ‘Contradictions’ (#litres_trial_promo)

The United States: the Problem of Number One in Relative Decline (#litres_trial_promo)

EPILOGUE (#litres_trial_promo)

NOTES (#litres_trial_promo)

FOOTNOTES (#litres_trial_promo)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (#litres_trial_promo)

INDEX (#litres_trial_promo)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (#litres_trial_promo)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (#litres_trial_promo)

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER (#litres_trial_promo)

MAPS (#ulink_0f95a20d-ceb1-5aa0-8953-89224ac7943b)

1. World Power Centres in the Sixteenth Century (#ulink_ac4a71fd-10cf-58d2-8ec1-32b775e5cf92)

2. The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century (#ulink_7a0eec6c-ea49-5f36-b7ab-8cdd0702fd80)

3. Charles V’s Inheritance, 1519 (#ulink_47520e3d-ea0a-5cc3-b17b-0fd0b56440bd)

4. The Collapse of Spanish Power in Europe (#ulink_77150a06-eaa1-59a2-8d0a-c337a8eed9d9)

5. Europe in 1721 (#ulink_5386270a-00c9-5ae3-9a22-275f4f893ad2)

6. European Colonial Empires, c. 1750 (#ulink_31e803fd-94fa-5a8d-bb2b-c5e2858e7736)

7. Europe at the Height of Napoleon’s Power, 1810 (#ulink_88018c4a-f64b-57f0-b80d-bbe9b16cdda8)

8. The Chief Possessions, Naval Bases, and Submarine Cables of the British Empire, c. 1900 (#litres_trial_promo)

9. The European Powers and Their War Plans in 1914 (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Europe After the First World War (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Europe at the Height of Hitler’s Power, 1942 (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Worldwide US Force Deployments, 1987 (#litres_trial_promo)

TABLES AND CHARTS (#ulink_697419fe-64e4-50d5-b388-321cb3617141)

TABLES

1. Increase in Military Manpower, 1470–1660 (#ulink_bf125446-7617-59b5-9837-cecb1d71e583)

2. British Wartime Expenditure and Revenue, 1688–1815 (#ulink_3c97c4fc-90ca-5f49-9690-ac4302961a12)

3. Populations of the Powers, 1700–1800 (#ulink_5f93bc3e-d555-589b-b0cc-f9337356a4dd)

4. Size of Armies, 1690–1814 (#ulink_e11b0d85-f577-5c61-b125-2d1f0d704110)

5. Size of Navies, 1689–1815 (#ulink_287253eb-6459-504d-b138-1351fb20d697)

6. Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1750–1900 (#ulink_5aec846a-9acd-5ea4-be9b-fc3142349b23)

7. Per Capita Levels of Industrialization, 1750–1900 (#ulink_8e83bffb-cb0b-5bd2-b05a-e2b30d45058a)

8. Military Personnel of the Powers, 1816–80 (#ulink_afdcce5d-5cfb-5052-95ec-20f639e1d2cc)

9. GNP of the European Great Powers, 1830–90 (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Per Capita GNP of the European Great Powers, 1830–90 (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Military Expenditures of the Powers in the Crimean War (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Total Population of the Powers, 1890–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

13. Urban Population of the Powers and as Percentage of the Total Population, 1890–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

14. Per Capita Levels of Industrialization, 1880–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

15. Iron/Steel Production of the Powers, 1890–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Energy Consumption of the Powers, 1890–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

17. Total Industrial Potential of the Powers in Relative Perspective, 1880–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

18. Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1880–1938 (#litres_trial_promo)

19. Military and Naval Personnel of the Powers, 1880–1914 (#litres_trial_promo)

20. Warship Tonnage of the Powers, 1880–1914 (#litres_trial_promo)

21. National Income, Population, and per Capita Income of the Powers in 1914 (#litres_trial_promo)

22. Industrial/Technological Comparisons of the 1914 Alliances (#litres_trial_promo)

23. UK Munitions Production, 1914–18 (#litres_trial_promo)

24. Industrial/Technological Comparisons with the United States but Without Russia (#litres_trial_promo)