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First Vintage Books Edition, January 1989
Copyright © 1987 by Paul Kennedy
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published, in hardcover, by Random House, Inc., in 1987.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataKennedy, Paul M., 1945-The rise and fall of the great powers.1. History, Modern. 2. Economic history.3. Military history, Modern. 4. Armaments—Economic aspects. 5. Balance of power. I. Title.D210.K46 1989  909.82  88-40123eISBN: 978-0-307-77356-2
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:
Lexington Books, D. C. Heath and Company: An illustration from American Defense Annual 1987–1988, edited by Joseph Kruzel, Copyright © 1987, D. C. Heath and Company (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath and Company). Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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Acknowledgments
     Whatever the weaknesses of this book, they would have been far greater without the kind help of friends. J. R. Jones and Gordon Lee went through the entire manuscript, asking questions all the way. My colleague Jonathan Spence endeavored (I fear with only partial success) to curb the cultural assumptions which emerged in the first two chapters. John Elliott was encouraging about Chapter 2, despite its being very evidently “not my period.” Paddy O’Brien and John Bosher sought to make my comments on eighteenth-century British and French finance a little less crude. Nick Rizopoulos and Michael Mandelbaum not only scrutinized the later chapters, but also invited me to present my ideas at a series of meetings at the Lehrman Institute in New York. Many, many scholars have heard me give papers on subthemes in this book, and have provided references, much-needed criticism, and encouragement.
The libraries and staffs at the universities of East Anglia and Yale were of great assistance. My graduate student Kevin Smith helped me in the search for historical statistics. My son Jim Kennedy prepared the maps. Sheila Klein and Sue McClain came to the rescue with typing and word processing, as did Maarten Pereboom with the bibliography. I am extremely grateful for the sustained support and encouragement which my literary agent, Bruce Hunter, has provided over the years. Jason Epstein has been a firm and patient editor, repeatedly getting me to think of the general reader— ............

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