The Rise of the Great Powers 1648-1815
By Derek McKay
1983
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The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book.
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Derek McKay
Author · 3 books
Derek McKay was Senior Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
