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 xvii
... major European states to check this " Habsburg bid for mastery " occupy the whole of Chapter 2. As is done throughout this book , the strengths and weak- nesses of each of the leading Powers are analyzed relatively , and in the light of ...
... major European states to check this " Habsburg bid for mastery " occupy the whole of Chapter 2. As is done throughout this book , the strengths and weak- nesses of each of the leading Powers are analyzed relatively , and in the light of ...
Page 439
... major argument of this book has been that this uneven pace of economic growth has had crucial long - term impacts upon the relative military power and strategical position of the members of the states system . This again is unsurprising ...
... major argument of this book has been that this uneven pace of economic growth has had crucial long - term impacts upon the relative military power and strategical position of the members of the states system . This again is unsurprising ...
Page 532
... major economic rivals , especially Japan , allocate a far smaller propor- tion , then ipso facto the latter have potentially more funds " free " for civilian investment ; if the United States continues to invest a massive amount of its ...
... major economic rivals , especially Japan , allocate a far smaller propor- tion , then ipso facto the latter have potentially more funds " free " for civilian investment ; if the United States continues to invest a massive amount of its ...
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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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