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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... army of that size ; indeed , four - fifths of that " Swedish " army of 150,000 consisted of foreign mercenaries , Scots , English , and Ger- mans , who were fearfully expensive . Even the struggles against Poland in the 1620s had ...
... army of that size ; indeed , four - fifths of that " Swedish " army of 150,000 consisted of foreign mercenaries , Scots , English , and Ger- mans , who were fearfully expensive . Even the struggles against Poland in the 1620s had ...
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... Army , only 270,000 of that total were Frenchmen , the same number as remained in the Peninsula . Furthermore , since " na- tive " Frenchmen now included the Belgians , Dutch , and many Italians in the annexed territories , troops ...
... Army , only 270,000 of that total were Frenchmen , the same number as remained in the Peninsula . Furthermore , since " na- tive " Frenchmen now included the Belgians , Dutch , and many Italians in the annexed territories , troops ...
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... 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 expansion program saw the 24 divi ...
... 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 expansion program saw the 24 divi ...
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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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