Abstract
What two eloquent Frenchmen, Voltaire and Montcsquieu, had to say in the 18th century about the forces that sustain or shatter great powers remains surprisingly relevant.
- Title
- Empires: ancient and modern
- Creators - without role
- Paul A Rahe
- Publication Details
- The Wilson quarterly (Washington), Vol.28(3), pp.68-84
- Publisher
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Identifiers
- 991019299850207081
- Academic Unit
- History
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article