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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improvements of the cavalry and introduction of mobile , light artillery , and finally
in the discipline and high morale which his leadership gave to the army ,
Gustavus had at his command perhaps the best fighting force in the world when
he ...
improvements of the cavalry and introduction of mobile , light artillery , and finally
in the discipline and high morale which his leadership gave to the army ,
Gustavus had at his command perhaps the best fighting force in the world when
he ...
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Of the more than 600 , 000 men in the Grand Army , only 270 , 000 of that total
were Frenchmen , the same number as remained in the Peninsula . Furthermore ,
since “ native ” Frenchmen now included the Belgians , Dutch , and many Italians
...
Of the more than 600 , 000 men in the Grand Army , only 270 , 000 of that total
were Frenchmen , the same number as remained in the Peninsula . Furthermore ,
since “ native ” Frenchmen now included the Belgians , Dutch , and many Italians
...
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62 Because of conscription , the Japanese army had ready access to manpower
and could ingrain the recruits into its traditions of absolute obedience and mass
maximum effort . While it had kept the size of the army limited in earlier years , its
...
62 Because of conscription , the Japanese army had ready access to manpower
and could ingrain the recruits into its traditions of absolute obedience and mass
maximum effort . While it had kept the size of the army limited in earlier years , its
...
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The Rise of the Western World | 3 |
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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