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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... cost £ 2.5 million , would be staggered to learn that it now costs the British Admiralty £ 120 million and more for a replacement frigate ! American legislators , who had willingly allocated funds for thousands of B - 17 bombers in the ...
... cost £ 2.5 million , would be staggered to learn that it now costs the British Admiralty £ 120 million and more for a replacement frigate ! American legislators , who had willingly allocated funds for thousands of B - 17 bombers in the ...
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... costs as by the frequently denounced " racketeering " and " profiteering " ) has caused mutterings among urban workers , whose incomes have not risen as fast as either the farmers ' or the entrepreneurs ' . In addition , the foreign ...
... costs as by the frequently denounced " racketeering " and " profiteering " ) has caused mutterings among urban workers , whose incomes have not risen as fast as either the farmers ' or the entrepreneurs ' . In addition , the foreign ...
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... cost " on a Russian - made weapon or manpower costs , and institutional / ideological biases . The result is an array of " guestimates , " which one can choose according to one's fancy.160 What is not in question , however , is the ...
... cost " on a Russian - made weapon or manpower costs , and institutional / ideological biases . The result is an array of " guestimates , " which one can choose according to one's fancy.160 What is not in question , however , is 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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