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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... decline . As argued above , the United States ' favorable economic position at that point in history was both ... decline relatively ? " but " Did it have to decline so fast ? " For the fact was that even in the heyday of the Pax ...
... decline . As argued above , the United States ' favorable economic position at that point in history was both ... decline relatively ? " but " Did it have to decline so fast ? " For the fact was that even in the heyday of the Pax ...
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... decline , in that such an agitation simply would not have been necessary a few decades earlier , when the nation's lead was unquestioned . A strong man , the writer G. K. Chesterton sardonically observed , does not worry about his ...
... decline , in that such an agitation simply would not have been necessary a few decades earlier , when the nation's lead was unquestioned . A strong man , the writer G. K. Chesterton sardonically observed , does not worry about his ...
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... Decline of Spain : A Study of the Spanish System , 1580-1720 ( London / Boston , 1981 ) , p . 44 . 5. For example , Gattinara's declaration to Charles V that " God has set you on the path towards a world monarchy , " quoted in NCMH ...
... Decline of Spain : A Study of the Spanish System , 1580-1720 ( London / Boston , 1981 ) , p . 44 . 5. For example , Gattinara's declaration to Charles V that " God has set you on the path towards a world monarchy , " quoted in NCMH ...
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