Asia's Rise: Rise and Fall

How are we to understand the shift of power towards Asia and what does it mean for those ‘old’ power centres in Europe and the United States? The most important historical question is probably why nations gain and lose power. Growth provides the most elegant answer and the means to defend that power.

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Paul Kennedy

Professor of History, Yale and author, Rise and Fall of Great Powers, Random House, 1988

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