Download A Macat Analysis of Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers AudioBook Free
Created in 1945, Paul Kennedy was raised in England, seeing the new politics realities of that time period contribute to the dismantling of the English Empire. He pursued a lifetime of scholarship, mostly in america, trying to understand the social, economic, and military forces that condition great powers. While past scholars of international history had centered on "great men" and their achievements, Kennedy centered on the interdependent romance between military services might and economic progress. In his 1987 work, The Rise and Fall of the fantastic Power, he shows why countries that balance the economic and the government may become "great power." Those that fail to accomplish that, however, risk imperial overstretch and failure. Kennedy's ability not and then look back again but also to look forwards earned him great respect. His prediction that america would face a real challenge of specifically this nature soon was borne out by its increased military services activity overseas in the wake of 9/11, and the Chinese language danger to America's position as the global economic powerhouse.
