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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... ment of hydroelectricity , to the improvements in the railway system . The electrochemical industry was furthered , and rayon and other ar- tificial fibers were developed . Automobile production was increased , and the Italian ...
... ment of hydroelectricity , to the improvements in the railway system . The electrochemical industry was furthered , and rayon and other ar- tificial fibers were developed . Automobile production was increased , and the Italian ...
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... ment process from what is clearly a more fundamental happening : the intensification of the impacts which new technological advances make upon the art of war . Given that it is in the high - technology field that the USSR usually ...
... ment process from what is clearly a more fundamental happening : the intensification of the impacts which new technological advances make upon the art of war . Given that it is in the high - technology field that the USSR usually ...
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... ment itself . Even in the 1960s , there was a tendency for Washington to rely upon deficit finance , rather than additional taxes , to pay for the increasing cost of defense and social programs . But the decisions taken by the Reagan ...
... ment itself . Even in the 1960s , there was a tendency for Washington to rely upon deficit finance , rather than additional taxes , to pay for the increasing cost of defense and social programs . But the decisions taken by the Reagan ...
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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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