02239pam a2200313 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100013000740150015000870200035001020200041001370200026001780400039002040820017002431000032002602450061002922600052003533000028004055040051004335050982004845050123014666500016015896500020016058560074016258560086016998560072017858560068018572978324BD-DhUL20170521150048.0990831s1999    enk      b    001 0 eng    a98030993  aGB99-60375  a052165629XqpaperbackcL.12.95  a0521651905qcasedqhardbackcL.35.00  a052165629xqpaperback  aDLCbengcBD-DhULdUkdLCdBD-DhUL0 a320.109bCRR1 aVan Creveld, Martin,d1946-14aThe rise and decline of the state /cMartin van Creveld.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c1999.  aviii, 439  p. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a1. Before the state: prehistory to AD 1300. Tribes without rulers. Tribes with rulers (chiefdoms). City-states. Empires, strong and weak. Limits of stateless societies -- 2. The rise of the state: 1300 to 1648. The struggle against the church. The struggle against the Empire. The struggle against the nobility. The struggle against the towns. The monarchs' triumph -- 3. The state as an instrument: 1648 to 1789. Building the bureaucracy. Creating the infrastructure. Monopolizing violence. The growth of political theory. Inside the Leviathan -- 4. The state as an ideal: 1789 to 1945. The Great Transformation. Disciplining the people. Conquering money. The road to total war. The apotheosis of the state -- 5. The spread of the state: 1696 to 1975. Toward Eastern Europe. The Anglo-Saxon experience. The Latin American experiment. Frustration in Asia and Africa. What everybody has ... -- 6. The decline of the state: 1975-. The waning of major war. The retreat of welfare.8 aTechnology goes international. The threat to internal order. The withdrawal of faith -- Conclusions: beyond the state. 0aState, The. 0aWorld politics.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/98030993.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98030993.html413Sample textuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/98030993.html423Book review (H-Net)uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b5e4-aa