00887nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200250008810000170011324500430013026000330017330000290020636500150023550000140025052003720026465000260063670000190066220210923034625.0210923b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0394584430  cAL  aeng  223a303.490905bKENP  aPaul Kennedy  aPreparing for the twenty first century  aNew YorkbRandom Housec1993  axvi,428 p.bPBc23*15 cm  f2013/03/24  aSociology  aKennedy's groundbreaking book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers helped to reorder the current priorities of the United States. Now, he synthesizes extensive research on fields ranging from demography to robotics to draw a detailed, persuasive, and often sobering map of the very near future--a bold work that bridges the gap between history, prophecy, and policy.  2Demographic Explosion  aKennedy (Paul)