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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... alliance diplomacy from Bismarck's demise to the outbreak of the First World War . For although the 1890s saw some relatively small - scale conflicts ( the Sino - Japanese War , the Spanish - American War , the Boer War ) , and later ...
... alliance diplomacy from Bismarck's demise to the outbreak of the First World War . For although the 1890s saw some relatively small - scale conflicts ( the Sino - Japanese War , the Spanish - American War , the Boer War ) , and later ...
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... Alliance of Germany , Austria - Hungary , and Italy had been balanced by the Franco - Russian Dual Alliance , a political and military commitment which would last as long as the Triple Alliance did.176 In more ways than one , this new ...
... Alliance of Germany , Austria - Hungary , and Italy had been balanced by the Franco - Russian Dual Alliance , a political and military commitment which would last as long as the Triple Alliance did.176 In more ways than one , this new ...
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... Alliance , that was bound to affect its half - submerged quarrels with Austria - Hungary . Finally , even the distant Anglo - Japanese alliance was to have repercussions upon the European states system , since it made it unlikely that ...
... Alliance , that was bound to affect its half - submerged quarrels with Austria - Hungary . Finally , even the distant Anglo - Japanese alliance was to have repercussions upon the European states system , since it made it unlikely that ...
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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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