Great Powers And The Quest For Hegemony The World Order Since 1500 1st Edition Jeremy Black by Jeremy Black 9780203938898, 9780415395793, 0415395798, 0203938895 instant download after payment.

This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black provides several historical case-studies, each of which throws light on both the power in question and the international system of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding period.

The point of departure for this book is Paul Kennedy’s 1988 masterpiece, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. That iconic book, with its enviable mastery of the sources and its skilful integration of political, military and economic history, was a great success when it appeared and has justifiably remained important since. Written during the Cold War, however, Kennedy’s study was very much of its time in its consideration of the great powers in ‘Western’ terms, and its emphasis on economics. This book brings together strategic studies, international relations, military history and geopolitics to answer some of the contemporary questions left open by Professor Kennedy's great work, and also looks to the future of great power relations and of US hegemony.

Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony will be of great interest to students of international relations, strategic studies and international history.

这本及时的书提供了从 1500 年至今的大国政治和世界秩序的总体概述。杰里米·布莱克提供了几个历史案例研究，每个案例研究都阐明了所讨论的权力和这一时期的国际体系，以及它是如何从前一时期发展起来的。

本书的出发点是保罗·肯尼迪 1988 年的杰作《大国兴衰》。这本标志性的著作以其对资料来源的令人羡慕的掌握以及对政治、军事和经济历史的巧妙整合，在它出现时取得了巨大的成功，并且从那时起一直保持着重要的地位。然而，肯尼迪的研究写于冷战期间，大部分时间都在用“西方”术语来考虑大国，并强调经济学。这本书汇集了战略研究、国际关系、军事历史和地缘政治，以回答肯尼迪教授的伟大著作留下的一些当代问题，并展望了大国关系和美国霸权的未来。

学习国际关系、战略研究和国际历史的学生将非常感兴趣。