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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... Dutch commerce were badly affected in this war , to the indirect benefit of
neutrals like the British . By 1678 , in fact , the Amsterdam merchant classes had
pushed their own government into a separate peace with France , which in turn
meant ...
... Dutch commerce were badly affected in this war , to the indirect benefit of
neutrals like the British . By 1678 , in fact , the Amsterdam merchant classes had
pushed their own government into a separate peace with France , which in turn
meant ...
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paigns in the west , to switch more and more of its troops from the Rhine to the
Vistula , which in turn compelled Austria to keep 60 , 000 men on its northern
frontier in case Russia and Prussia moved against the remaining Polish
territories .
paigns in the west , to switch more and more of its troops from the Rhine to the
Vistula , which in turn compelled Austria to keep 60 , 000 men on its northern
frontier in case Russia and Prussia moved against the remaining Polish
territories .
Page 248
170 In fact , given its turn - of - the - century rapprochement with Great Britain , the
United States was immensely secure , and even if it feared the rise of German
sea power , it really had far less to worry about than any of the other major
powers ...
170 In fact , given its turn - of - the - century rapprochement with Great Britain , the
United States was immensely secure , and even if it feared the rise of German
sea power , it really had far less to worry about than any of the other major
powers ...
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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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