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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... allies Britain might possess at the time . The raiding strategy seemed cheaper and was much beloved by certain ministers , but it usually had negligible effects and occasionally ended in disaster ( like the expedition to Walcheren of ...
... allies Britain might possess at the time . The raiding strategy seemed cheaper and was much beloved by certain ministers , but it usually had negligible effects and occasionally ended in disaster ( like the expedition to Walcheren of ...
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... Allies could provide from their own gold or foreign - investment holdings anywhere near the sums re- quired to pay the vast surge of imported munitions and raw materials from overseas . By April 1 , 1917 , indeed , inter - Allied war ...
... Allies could provide from their own gold or foreign - investment holdings anywhere near the sums re- quired to pay the vast surge of imported munitions and raw materials from overseas . By April 1 , 1917 , indeed , inter - Allied war ...
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... Allies into giving Foch supreme coordination of their Western Front forces , sending rein- forcements from England , Italy , and the Near East , and again ( pri- vately ) worrying about a compromise peace . Yet the fact was that the ...
... Allies into giving Foch supreme coordination of their Western Front forces , sending rein- forcements from England , Italy , and the Near East , and again ( pri- vately ) worrying about a compromise peace . Yet the fact was that the ...
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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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