1st Edition
Great Powers and the Quest for Hegemony The World Order since 1500
Biography
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. A world-renowned authority in history and archives; he is the author of seventy books, including The British Seaborne Empire, Rethinking Military History and Introduction to Global Military History.
‘Jeremy Black has written a forceful argument for seeing military history in global and complex terms. The book combines an impressive grasp of details with a sweeping analysis of the comparative rise and decline of empires. Readers will especially gain insight from his analyses of developments in the world in our own times." Dr Michael Neiberg
'Jeremy Black here skilfully analyses one of the most important themes of modern history, the rise and fall of great powers. His world perspective is a successful and provocative challenge to the narrow European outlook of so many modern scholars. The drama of the subject is vivid because Jeremy Black understands the precarious nature of imperial domination. This is a book for our times, explaining that sense of unease and danger so characteristic of the world in which we live. ' Professor John France, University of Wales Swansea
'A valuable book for anyone interested in the rise and fall of the great powers.' A. A. Nofi, StrategyPage.com
