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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Regional studies they're not sure what theWINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE‘ A brilliantly original book' Financial Times‘ One of the masterpieces of modern historical writing' Daily TelegraphPaul Kennedy's international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might. Kennedy's masterwork begins in the year 1500, at a time of various great centres of power including Minh China, the Ottomans, the rising Mughal state, the