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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... War of 1859 or the wars of German unification in the 1860s were limited both in duration and area , and even the Crimean War could hardly be called a major conflict . Only the American Civil War was an exception to this rule , and ...
... War of 1859 or the wars of German unification in the 1860s were limited both in duration and area , and even the Crimean War could hardly be called a major conflict . Only the American Civil War was an exception to this rule , and ...
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... Wars 1793–1815 ( London , 1979 ) , chs . 4-5 ; Lefevre , Napoleon , vol . 1 , chs . 5 and 7 ; Glover , Napoleonic Wars , pp . 83-84 . See also the comments in E. L. Presseisen , Amiens and Munich : Comparisons in Appeasement ( The Hague ...
... Wars 1793–1815 ( London , 1979 ) , chs . 4-5 ; Lefevre , Napoleon , vol . 1 , chs . 5 and 7 ; Glover , Napoleonic Wars , pp . 83-84 . See also the comments in E. L. Presseisen , Amiens and Munich : Comparisons in Appeasement ( The Hague ...
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... War and the Politics of Taxation in the Netherlands 1795-1810 , " in Winter ( ed . ) , War and Economic Development , pp . 111 , 117 , 128 . 86. Quoted in Glover , Napoleonic Wars , p . 129 ; and compare with Guibert's re- markable pre ...
... War and the Politics of Taxation in the Netherlands 1795-1810 , " in Winter ( ed . ) , War and Economic Development , pp . 111 , 117 , 128 . 86. Quoted in Glover , Napoleonic Wars , p . 129 ; and compare with Guibert's re- markable pre ...
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