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 22
Because there existed a number of competing political entities , most of which
possessed or were able to buy the military means to preserve their
independence , no single one could ever achieve the breakthrough to the
mastery of the ...
Because there existed a number of competing political entities , most of which
possessed or were able to buy the military means to preserve their
independence , no single one could ever achieve the breakthrough to the
mastery of the ...
Page 187
In 1870 , the German states combined already possessed a larger population
than France , and only disunity had disguised that fact . Germany had more miles
of railway lines , better arranged for military purposes . Its gross national product
...
In 1870 , the German states combined already possessed a larger population
than France , and only disunity had disguised that fact . Germany had more miles
of railway lines , better arranged for military purposes . Its gross national product
...
Page 224
What mattered , therefore , was the number of divisions which could immediately
be put into the field , not the size of the German steel and chemical industries nor
the millions of potential recruits Germany possessed . 99 This revival of national ...
What mattered , therefore , was the number of divisions which could immediately
be put into the field , not the size of the German steel and chemical industries nor
the millions of potential recruits Germany possessed . 99 This revival of national ...
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Contents
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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