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 342
... given to winter warfare , since it was assumed that the struggle would be over within three months ; German aircraft pro- duction in 1941 was significantly smaller than that of Britain or Russia , let alone the United States ; the ...
... given to winter warfare , since it was assumed that the struggle would be over within three months ; German aircraft pro- duction in 1941 was significantly smaller than that of Britain or Russia , let alone the United States ; the ...
Page 522
... Given that it is in the high - technology field that the USSR usually appears most vulnerable - which suggests that American quality in weaponry can be employed to counter the supe- rior Russian quantity of , say , tanks and aircraft ...
... Given that it is in the high - technology field that the USSR usually appears most vulnerable - which suggests that American quality in weaponry can be employed to counter the supe- rior Russian quantity of , say , tanks and aircraft ...
Page 554
... given in specific works on national armies or individual wars . 42. These figures are taken from Anderson , Europe in the Eighteenth Century , pp . 144-45 , with somewhat different ones given in L. W. Cowie , Eighteenth - Century Europe ...
... given in specific works on national armies or individual wars . 42. These figures are taken from Anderson , Europe in the Eighteenth Century , pp . 144-45 , with somewhat different ones given in L. W. Cowie , Eighteenth - Century Europe ...
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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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