--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and … of the biggest debates in global history, The Measure of Civilization puts forth innovative tools for determining past …

the author addresses the relationship between intellectual history and the history of politics and policy. Fascinating …, important, and timely, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the history behind the Anglo-American love affair with …

--energy capture per capita, organization, information technology, and war-making capacity--and he uses archaeological, historical, and … of the biggest debates in global history, The Measure of Civilization puts forth innovative tools for determining past …

the author addresses the relationship between intellectual history and the history of politics and policy. Fascinating …, important, and timely, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand the history behind the Anglo-American love affair with …

collaborating with a regime that was inexorably moving toward war. Although Britain hoped that the wartime economic alliance with … the United States would continue after World War II, the American business community reconnected with West Germany to …

collaborating with a regime that was inexorably moving toward war. Although Britain hoped that the wartime economic alliance with … the United States would continue after World War II, the American business community reconnected with West Germany to …

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

and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day …-way interplay of trade and geopolitics, and how war and peace have been critical determinants of international trade over the very …

Scholars and statesmen have debated the influence of international commerce on war and peace for thousands of years …