Paul Kennedy

British historian · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1945 · age 81

Paul Michael Kennedy is a British historian specialising in the history of international relations, economic power and grand strategy. He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines.

Paul Kennedy is read about 81 times a day, in 21 languages.

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2014Hattendorf PrizeAward2005Caird MedalAward2002“Nothing has ever existed like this disparity of power; nothing.”In their words1 February 2002'The eagle has landed', The Financial TimesRead the whole statement

1989Wolfson History PrizeAward1988“Military power is sustained, in the final result, by economic power. If the latter crumbles, so eventually will the former.”In their words12 March 1988'Benighted state of America', The Times (12 March 1988), p. 8Read the whole statement

1987“The above remarks about conservatism could be made with equal or even greater force about the Mogul Empire.”In their wordsPaul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1987), pp. 12-13Read the whole statement

1945Born17 June 1945

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The Enterprise is a vessel that defies the landlubber's imagination. It is more than 1,100ft long and its flight deck is 250ft across. It is as high as a 20-storey building...
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The US possesses 12 such carriers (another, the USS Ronald Reagan, is to join the fleet soon), each with the attendant group of complementary warships.
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