TheRiseandFalloftheGreatPowers_EconomicC.epub

First Vintage Books Edition, January 1989 Copyright © 1987 by Paul Kennedy All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published, in hardcover, by Random House, Inc., in 1987. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kennedy, Paul M., 1945- The rise and fall of the great powers. 1. History, Modern. 2. Economic history. 3. Military history, Modern. 4. Armaments—Economic aspects. 5. Balance of power. I. Title. D210.K46 1989 909.82 88-40123 eISBN: 978-0-307-77356-2 Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath and Company: An illustration from American Defense Annual 1987–1988, edited by Joseph Kruzel, Copyright © 1987, D. C. Heath and Company (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath and Company). Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Maps by John Paul Tremblay v3.1 To Cath Acknowledgments Whatever the weaknesses of this book, they would have been far greater without the kind help of friends. J. R. Jon......