the West came to dominate the world and fresh perspectives for thinking about the twenty-first century. Adapting the …--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and … current government data to quantify patterns. Morris reveals that for 90 percent of the time since the last ice age, the world …

the West came to dominate the world and fresh perspectives for thinking about the twenty-first century. Adapting the …--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and … current government data to quantify patterns. Morris reveals that for 90 percent of the time since the last ice age, the world …

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists …. <i>Power and Plenty</i> fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development over the course … these long-term trends. They show how the expansion and contraction of the world economy has been directly tied to the two …

Scholars and statesmen have debated the influence of international commerce on war and peace for thousands of years … globalization of production will promote peace elsewhere in the world. Indeed, he finds that it has a net negative influence on …

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists …. <i>Power and Plenty</i> fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development over the course … these long-term trends. They show how the expansion and contraction of the world economy has been directly tied to the two …

idealism. "Sound money, not war" is hardly a pacifist rallying cry. The financial world values economic stability above all …In <i>Appeasing Bankers</i>, Jonathan Kirshner shows that bankers dread war--an aversion rooted in pragmatism, not … else, and crises and war threaten that stability. States that pursue appeasement when assertiveness--or even conflict …

to domestic clashes, international rivalry, and even wars. As it did in ancient Rome, James argues, a rule-based world … current events into perspective. The world now finds itself staggering between a set of internationally negotiated trading … this dilemma, James ends his book on a less depressing note. He includes a chapter on one possible way in which the world …

the United States would continue after World War II, the American business community reconnected with West Germany to …While America’s relationship with Britain has often been deemed unique, especially during the two world wars when … collaborating with a regime that was inexorably moving toward war. Although Britain hoped that the wartime economic alliance with …