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    <![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers]]>
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    <![CDATA[About national and international power in the &quot;modern&quot; or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the &quot;new monarchies&quot; in W. Europe.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Back when I was in college, I felt the need for a course that looked at how economics, politics and warfare all combined to form statecraft. I never got to take that non-existent course, but got what I wanted in &quot;Rise and Fall of Great Powers.&quot; <br/><br/>Paul Kennedy wrote a 500-year his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41749426">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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