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 49
The Spanish government , for its part , could allow the demise of their Austrian
cousins neither at the hands of the French ... In Habsburg Austria ' s case , on the
other hand , although it failed to defeat Protestantism in Germany , it did achieve
a ...
The Spanish government , for its part , could allow the demise of their Austrian
cousins neither at the hands of the French ... In Habsburg Austria ' s case , on the
other hand , although it failed to defeat Protestantism in Germany , it did achieve
a ...
Page 63
... ( 1649 ) to eighty ( 1651 ) , wages and conditions were improved , dockyard
and logistical support were bettered , and the funds for all this regularly voted by
a House of Commons which believed that profit and power went hand in hand .
... ( 1649 ) to eighty ( 1651 ) , wages and conditions were improved , dockyard
and logistical support were bettered , and the funds for all this regularly voted by
a House of Commons which believed that profit and power went hand in hand .
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157 On the other hand , if the arms race with NATO over the rest of this century
drove up the share of Russian defense spending from 14 to 17 percent or more of
GNP by the year 2000 , a larger and larger amount of equipment such as ...
157 On the other hand , if the arms race with NATO over the rest of this century
drove up the share of Russian defense spending from 14 to 17 percent or more of
GNP by the year 2000 , a larger and larger amount of equipment such as ...
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The Rise of the Western World | 3 |
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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