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Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-

The rise and decline of the state / Martin van Creveld. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. - viii, 439 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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State, The.
World politics.

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