Acendancy Europe 1815-1914 - 2nd Edition Author:M. S. Anderson This is the updated third edition of M.S. Anderson's best selling work on Europe during its century of global ascendancy. With a new introduction and bibliography, the carefully drawn discussions are pulled together and reinforced by a new "afterword." Presented in a new format and thoroughly revised throughout, the survey provides readers with ... more »an invaluable guide to a complex period in European history. Topics covered include the political and economic balance of power, the mechanisms of governments, armed forces and war, states and nations, and Europe and the wider world. For those readers interested in European history« less