The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Paul Kennedy

3. Charles V’s Inheritance, 1519

4. The Collapse of Spanish Power in Europe

5. Europe in 1721

6. European Colonial Empires, c. 1750

7. Europe at the Height of Napoleon’s Power, 1810

       8. The Chief Possessions, Naval Bases, and Submarine Cables of the British Empire, c. 1900

       9. The European Powers and Their War Plans in 1914

       10. Europe After the First World War

       11. Europe at the Height of Hitler’s Power, 1942

       12. Worldwide US Force Deployments, 1987

TABLES AND CHARTS

      TABLES

1. Increase in Military Manpower, 1470–1660

2. British Wartime Expenditure and Revenue, 1688–1815

3. Populations of the Powers, 1700–1800

4. Size of Armies, 1690–1814

5. Size of Navies, 1689–1815

6. Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1750–1900

7. Per Capita Levels of Industrialization, 1750–1900

8. Military Personnel of the Powers, 1816–80

       9. GNP of the European Great Powers, 1830–90

       10. Per Capita GNP of the European Great Powers, 1830–90

       11. Military Expenditures of the Powers in the Crimean War

       12. Total Population of the Powers, 1890–1938

       13. Urban Population of the Powers and as Percentage of the Total Population, 1890–1938

       14. Per Capita Levels of Industrialization, 1880–1938

       15. Iron/Steel Production of the Powers, 1890–1938

       16. Energy Consumption of the Powers, 1890–1938

       17. Total Industrial Potential of the Powers in Relative Perspective, 1880–1938

       18. Relative Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1880–1938

       19. Military and Naval Personnel of the Powers, 1880–1914

       20. Warship Tonnage of the Powers, 1880–1914

       21. National Income, Population, and per Capita Income of the Powers in 1914

       22. Industrial/Technological Comparisons of the 1914 Alliances

       23. UK Munitions Production, 1914–18

       24. Industrial/Technological Comparisons with the United States but Without Russia

       25. War Expenditure and Total Mobilized Forces, 1914–19

       26. World Indices of Manufacturing Production, 1913–25

       27. Defence Expenditures of the Great Powers, 1930–8

       28. Annual Indices of Manufacturing Production, 1913–38

       29. Aircraft Production of the Powers, 1932–9

       30. Shares of World Manufacturing Output, 1929–38

       31. National Income of the Powers in 1937 and Percentage Spent on Defence

       32. Relative War Potential of the Powers in 1937

       33. Tank Production in 1944

       34. Aircraft Production of the Powers, 1939–45

       35. Armaments Production of the Powers, 1940–3

       36. Total GNP and per Capita GNP of the Powers in 1950

       37. Defence Expenditures of the Powers, 1948–70

       38. Nuclear Delivery Vehicles of the Powers, 1974

       39. Production of World Manufacturing Industries, 1830–1980

       40. Volume of World Trade, 1850–1971

       41. Percentage Increases in World Production, 1948–68

       42. Average Annual Rate of Growth of Output per