
Preparing for the Twenty-First Century
In The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Kennedy brilliantly showed how powerful nation-states have repeatedly fallen into the trap of "global overreach". Now he shifts his focus to the transnational forces that will confront and transform nation-states in the coming decades: the doubling of the world population, increasing environmental degradation, advances in technology, and more.
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- New York : Random House
- Year
- 1993
- Genre
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Topics
- GlobalizationPopulation growthTechnological change
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(1993)
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