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 40
... troops across various frontiers in 1535. For years beforehand , France had been the tacit , indirect leader of the anti- Habsburg coalition , sending subsidies to all who would fight the impe- rial and Spanish forces . Now the conflict ...
... troops across various frontiers in 1535. For years beforehand , France had been the tacit , indirect leader of the anti- Habsburg coalition , sending subsidies to all who would fight the impe- rial and Spanish forces . Now the conflict ...
Page 104
... troops . How- ever , the Austrians , less troubled on their Balkan flank , were playing a greater role in this war than they had in the previous one . Most important of all , a determined British government was to commit its ...
... troops . How- ever , the Austrians , less troubled on their Balkan flank , were playing a greater role in this war than they had in the previous one . Most important of all , a determined British government was to commit its ...
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... troops raised from within the pre - 1789 French borders were in a decided minority during the Russian cam- paign . This may not have mattered in the early , successful stages , but it did become important during the retreat , when men ...
... troops raised from within the pre - 1789 French borders were in a decided minority during the Russian cam- paign . This may not have mattered in the early , successful stages , but it did become important during the retreat , when men ...
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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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