The Van Creveld, Martin 1946- creator text bibliography enk Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1999 monographic eng

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viii, 439 p. ; 24 cm. 1. 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. Technology goes international. The threat to internal order. The withdrawal of faith -- Conclusions: beyond the state. Martin van Creveld. Includes bibliographical references and index. State, The World politics 320.109 CRR 052165629X 0521651905 052165629x 98030993 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/98030993.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98030993.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/98030993.html http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b5e4-aa http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/98030993.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98030993.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/98030993.html http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b5e4-aa DLC 990831 20170521150048.0 2978324 eng