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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... Forces , 1914-1919235 War Expenditure at 1913 Prices Total Mobilized ( billions of dollars ) Forces ( millions ) British Empire 23.0 9.5 France 9.3 8.2 Russia 5.4 13.0 Italy 3.2 5.6 United States 17.1 3.8 Other Allies * - 0.3 2.6 Total ...
... Forces , 1914-1919235 War Expenditure at 1913 Prices Total Mobilized ( billions of dollars ) Forces ( millions ) British Empire 23.0 9.5 France 9.3 8.2 Russia 5.4 13.0 Italy 3.2 5.6 United States 17.1 3.8 Other Allies * - 0.3 2.6 Total ...
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... forces could in fact be held in check , such an argument is predicated upon a certain en- hancement of NATO's current strength . From that perspective , nothing could be more upsetting than proposals to reduce or withdraw U.S. forces in ...
... forces could in fact be held in check , such an argument is predicated upon a certain en- hancement of NATO's current strength . From that perspective , nothing could be more upsetting than proposals to reduce or withdraw U.S. forces in ...
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... forces personnel were so much larger than they are now.219 Even in 1985 , forty years after its triumphs of the Second World War and over a decade after its pull - out from Vietnam , the United States had 520,000 members of its armed forces ...
... forces personnel were so much larger than they are now.219 Even in 1985 , forty years after its triumphs of the Second World War and over a decade after its pull - out from Vietnam , the United States had 520,000 members of its armed forces ...
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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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