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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... naval and colo- nial war . The results were remarkable , and quite confounded the argument of the British isolationists that such a conflict , unencumbered by conti- nental allies and campaigns , was best for the island state . During ...
... naval and colo- nial war . The results were remarkable , and quite confounded the argument of the British isolationists that such a conflict , unencumbered by conti- nental allies and campaigns , was best for the island state . During ...
Page 253
... naval race " of 1908-1909 , following a further increase in Tirpitz's shipbuilding program and British fears that they would lose their naval lead even in the North Sea . When British efforts over the next three years to try to reduce ...
... naval race " of 1908-1909 , following a further increase in Tirpitz's shipbuilding program and British fears that they would lose their naval lead even in the North Sea . When British efforts over the next three years to try to reduce ...
Page 577
... naval growth and naval policy in this period are now very well covered . Apart from Potter ( ed . ) , Sea Power , chs . 15 and 17-18 , see K. J. Hagan ( ed . ) , In Peace and War : Interpretations of American Naval History , 1775-1978 ...
... naval growth and naval policy in this period are now very well covered . Apart from Potter ( ed . ) , Sea Power , chs . 15 and 17-18 , see K. J. Hagan ( ed . ) , In Peace and War : Interpretations of American Naval History , 1775-1978 ...
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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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