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200 14$aThe great powers and global struggle 1490-1990 /$fKaren A. Rasler & William R. Thompson
205   $aPaperback edition.
210  1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2009.
210  4$dİ1994
215   $a1 online resource (296 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-322-59592-5 
311   $a0-8131-1889-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. An Overview of the Argument: Ascent, Decline, Transition, and War; 2. Tracing the Rise and Fall of Regional and Global Powers; 3. Global and Regional Transitions; 4. Concentration and Transitional Warfare; 5. Innovation, Decline, and War; 6. Perspectives on Overconsumption and Decline; 7. The Case against Tradeoffs as a Primary Cause of Decline; 8. Observations on Overextension and Territorial Traps; 9. The Model Recapitulated; 10. The Future of Transitional Warfare; Appendixes
327   $aA. The Army Data and SourcesB. Identifying Systemic Wars; C. Cross-Correlations, Time Series Regressions, and Coefficients Derived from Vector Autoregression; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
330   $aIn  The Great Powers and Global Struggle, Karen A. Rasler and William R. Thompson focus on two themes: the rise and fall as well as the relative decline of major world powers over the past five hundred years, and the way in which these processes have set the stage for the outbreak of global war. Their interdisciplinary approach encompasses political science, economics, sociology, geography, and history. The most significant wars occur when regional leaders -- historically in Western Europe -- challenge global leaders. By studying the wars of Napoleon, Louis XIV, Phillip II and the Italian/Indi
606   $aWorld politics
606   $aWorld politics$y1945-1989
606   $aGeopolitics
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aWorld politics.
615  0$aWorld politics
615  0$aGeopolitics.
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700   $aRasler$b Karen A.$f1952-$0949988
702   $aThompson$b William R.
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