El eminente historiador Paul Kennedy analiza y describe el auge y la caída de las grandes potencias políticas, económicas y militares a lo largo de los últimos cinco siglos. La nación proyecta su poder militar segú...
Being a child in our modern society can sometimes be stressful, especially with pressures around friendships, going to bed, starting a new school, feeling grumpy, little accidents, separaion anxiety, fear of the dark, losing a beloved pet, fear of creepy...
The United Nations and the Quest for World Government. In this long-awaited new book, Paul Kennedy, probably the bestselling historian now living, examines this key development in the history of our century.
This selection of carefully chosen chapters from the prestigious Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology focus on the more practical issues that are of particular relevance to the busy practitioner. It is a well-referenced but practical resource, which...
This work is a practical guide that explains the key political, economic, ecological and social factors that shake the process of globalization, and the way that they affect the lives of all people around the world. It should be useful for activists, civi...
This study looks at the past 500 years to demonstrate that nations which became great powers declined as their growth rate slowed and their spending on defence continued to increase. The author explains how this can be eased or worsened by clever or short...