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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... eastern front , more than any other factor , weakened the morale of the French army . Nonetheless , it is important to understand how the eastern Euro- pean and peninsular campaigns interacted from 1813 onward to pro- duce the eventual ...
... eastern front , more than any other factor , weakened the morale of the French army . Nonetheless , it is important to understand how the eastern Euro- pean and peninsular campaigns interacted from 1813 onward to pro- duce the eventual ...
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... eastern Europe.38 The economic scene in eastern and central Europe made matters even worse , since the erection of customs and tariff barriers around these newly created countries increased regional rivalries and hin- dered general ...
... eastern Europe.38 The economic scene in eastern and central Europe made matters even worse , since the erection of customs and tariff barriers around these newly created countries increased regional rivalries and hin- dered general ...
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... Eastern Front , p . 265 and passim . 202. Van Creveld , Supplying War , ch . 4 , is convincing here . See also the critique in G. Ritter , The Schlieffen Plan ( New York , 1958 ) , and in L.C.F. Turner , " The Significance of the ...
... Eastern Front , p . 265 and passim . 202. Van Creveld , Supplying War , ch . 4 , is convincing here . See also the critique in G. Ritter , The Schlieffen Plan ( New York , 1958 ) , and in L.C.F. Turner , " The Significance of 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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