VAN CREVELD, Martin <br/><br/>
The rise and decline of the state 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University,  1999 
 - 439 p. 
<br/><br/> 1 - Before the state: prehistory to AD 1300  2 - The rise of the state: 1300 to 1648  3 - The state as an instrument: 1648 to 1789  4 - The state as an ideal: 1789 to 1945  5 - The spread of the state: 1696 to 1975  6 - The decline of the state: 1975 - 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Ciência Política<br/>Forma de Estado<br/>Aspecto Histórico