The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 119
... Poland , which was successively carved up in 1772-1773 , 1793 , and 1795. By the later stages , Poland's fate was increasingly influenced by the French Revolu- tion , that is , by Catherine II's determination to crush the " Jacobins ...
... Poland , which was successively carved up in 1772-1773 , 1793 , and 1795. By the later stages , Poland's fate was increasingly influenced by the French Revolu- tion , that is , by Catherine II's determination to crush the " Jacobins ...
Page 309
... Poland was the next stage . But even if that country could be swiftly conquered , was Germany capable of facing France and Britain — that is , engaging in a war which would be much more challenging to a Greater German economy still ...
... Poland was the next stage . But even if that country could be swiftly conquered , was Germany capable of facing France and Britain — that is , engaging in a war which would be much more challenging to a Greater German economy still ...
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... Poland ; and in the south , recovering Bessarabia , at the expense of Rumania . The Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia , and Lith- uania were reincorporated into Russia . Part of East Prussia was taken , and a slice of eastern ...
... Poland ; and in the south , recovering Bessarabia , at the expense of Rumania . The Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia , and Lith- uania were reincorporated into Russia . Part of East Prussia was taken , and a slice of eastern ...
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