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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Page 256
... decisive battle - fleet encounter and not properly appreciating that the geographical contours of the North Sea and Mediterranean and the newer weapons of the mine , torpedo , and submarine would make fleet operations in the traditional ...
... decisive battle - fleet encounter and not properly appreciating that the geographical contours of the North Sea and Mediterranean and the newer weapons of the mine , torpedo , and submarine would make fleet operations in the traditional ...
Page 260
... decisive victory in the manner of Jena or Sadowa ; even a " big push , " methodically plotted and prepared for months ahead , usually disintegrated into hundreds of small - scale battlefield actions , and was usually also accompanied by ...
... decisive victory in the manner of Jena or Sadowa ; even a " big push , " methodically plotted and prepared for months ahead , usually disintegrated into hundreds of small - scale battlefield actions , and was usually also accompanied by ...
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... decisive events of December 1941 entirely altered these balances : the Russian counterattack at Moscow showed that it would not fall to Blitzkrieg warfare ; and the entry of Japan and the United States into what was now a global ...
... decisive events of December 1941 entirely altered these balances : the Russian counterattack at Moscow showed that it would not fall to Blitzkrieg warfare ; and the entry of Japan and the United States into what was now a global ...
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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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