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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... example of a " falling " Great Power helping to trigger off a major war , that still leaves the theorist to deal with the equally critical roles played then by those " rising " Great Powers Germany and Russia . Similarly , any gen- eral ...
... example of a " falling " Great Power helping to trigger off a major war , that still leaves the theorist to deal with the equally critical roles played then by those " rising " Great Powers Germany and Russia . Similarly , any gen- eral ...
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... example , has been the degree of interser- vice rivalry , which is of course common to most armed forces but seems more deeply entrenched in the American system - possibly be- cause of the relatively modest powers of the chairman of the ...
... example , has been the degree of interser- vice rivalry , which is of course common to most armed forces but seems more deeply entrenched in the American system - possibly be- cause of the relatively modest powers of the chairman of the ...
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... example , P. F. Drucker , " The Changed World Economy , " Foreign Affairs , vol . 64 , no . 4 ( Spring 1986 ) , pp ... examples— from a quite different source - see F. Cooper , " Affordable Defense : In Search of a Strategy , " Journal ...
... example , P. F. Drucker , " The Changed World Economy , " Foreign Affairs , vol . 64 , no . 4 ( Spring 1986 ) , pp ... examples— from a quite different source - see F. Cooper , " Affordable Defense : In Search of a Strategy , " Journal ...
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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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