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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... western front . From that time onward , and with a rare exception like Verdun , it stayed on the defen- sive in the west , compelling the Anglo - French armies to attack under unfavorable conditions and with forces which , although ...
... western front . From that time onward , and with a rare exception like Verdun , it stayed on the defen- sive in the west , compelling the Anglo - French armies to attack under unfavorable conditions and with forces which , although ...
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... western Europe , boosted by the billions of dollars of Ameri- can aid ( especially to the larger states of Britain , France , Italy , and West Germany ) , economic growth shot ahead , integrated into a North Atlantic trading network ...
... western Europe , boosted by the billions of dollars of Ameri- can aid ( especially to the larger states of Britain , France , Italy , and West Germany ) , economic growth shot ahead , integrated into a North Atlantic trading network ...
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... Western Domination ( London , 1976 ) , passim ; Nef , War and Human Progress , ch . 3 ; Elton , Reformation Europe , pp . 292ff ; McNeill , Rise of the West , pp . 592–98 ; Cipolla ( ed . ) , Fontana Economic History of Europe , vol . 2 ...
... Western Domination ( London , 1976 ) , passim ; Nef , War and Human Progress , ch . 3 ; Elton , Reformation Europe , pp . 292ff ; McNeill , Rise of the West , pp . 592–98 ; Cipolla ( ed . ) , Fontana Economic History of Europe , vol . 2 ...
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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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