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 241
... Russia lacked those cadres of competent civil servants who made , for example , the German , British , and Japa- nese administrative systems work . Russia was not , in ... Russia and Germany Russia THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS 241.
... Russia lacked those cadres of competent civil servants who made , for example , the German , British , and Japa- nese administrative systems work . Russia was not , in ... Russia and Germany Russia THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS 241.
Page 564
... Russia's international position after 1815 , see Bridge and Bullen , Great Powers and the European States System , passim ; Lobanov - Ros- tovsky , Russia and Europe 1789–1825 , passim ; R. W. Seton - Watson , The Rus- sian Empire 1801 ...
... Russia's international position after 1815 , see Bridge and Bullen , Great Powers and the European States System , passim ; Lobanov - Ros- tovsky , Russia and Europe 1789–1825 , passim ; R. W. Seton - Watson , The Rus- sian Empire 1801 ...
Page 575
... Russia and the Soviet Union , " p . 489 . 135. Ibid . , p . 486 . 136. Lieven , Russia and the Origins of the First World War , p . 4. Chs . 1 and 5 of Lieven's book are compelling in this respect , as is T. H. von Laue , Sergei Witte ...
... Russia and the Soviet Union , " p . 489 . 135. Ibid . , p . 486 . 136. Lieven , Russia and the Origins of the First World War , p . 4. Chs . 1 and 5 of Lieven's book are compelling in this respect , as is T. H. von Laue , Sergei Witte ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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