This new edition of the seminal and best selling history of Europe's century of global ascendancy includes a new introduction and bibliography. The carefully drawn discussions are pulled together and reinforced by a new afterword. Presented in a new textbook format and thoroughly revised throughout, the survey provides students with an invaluable guide to a notoriously complex period. <P>Lucidly written and constructed as a series of essays, the text covers the political and economic balance of power, the mechanics of government,&nbsp;economy and society, states, nations, europe and the world,&nbsp;Armed Forces and war and&nbsp;romanticism, evolution and consciousness.</P>Reviews of the previous editions`Anderson's book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.'Teaching History&nbsp;`Packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluble to university students and teachers.' British Book News&nbsp;