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 177
... moved to the center of the European stage of 1856 , therefore , Britain steadily moved to the edge - a drift which the Indian Mutiny ( 1857 ) and domestic reform movements could only intensify . If the Crimean War had shocked the ...
... moved to the center of the European stage of 1856 , therefore , Britain steadily moved to the edge - a drift which the Indian Mutiny ( 1857 ) and domestic reform movements could only intensify . If the Crimean War had shocked the ...
Page 206
... moved closer together and Britain and Germany moved from cooperation to antagonism , the Italians felt that they had little alternative but to tack toward the new Anglo - French combination . The residual dislike of Austria - Hungary ...
... moved closer together and Britain and Germany moved from cooperation to antagonism , the Italians felt that they had little alternative but to tack toward the new Anglo - French combination . The residual dislike of Austria - Hungary ...
Page 378
... moved a fleet of B - 29 bombers to British airfields , a sign of their earnestness in the matter . In these circumstances , even isolationist senators could be moved to support proposals for the creation of what was to be the North ...
... moved a fleet of B - 29 bombers to British airfields , a sign of their earnestness in the matter . In these circumstances , even isolationist senators could be moved to support proposals for the creation of what was to be the North ...
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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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