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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... western Europe , just at a time when the Soviet economy had returned to the most rigid forms of socialization and collectivization ; and it took no genius to see that the raison d'être for the plan was to convince Europeans everywhere ...
... western Europe , just at a time when the Soviet economy had returned to the most rigid forms of socialization and collectivization ; and it took no genius to see that the raison d'être for the plan was to convince Europeans everywhere ...
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... western Pacific without alarming its various neigh- bors ; how to maintain U.S. bases in , for example , the Philippines with- out provoking local resentments ; how to reduce the American military presence in South Korea without sending ...
... western Pacific without alarming its various neigh- bors ; how to maintain U.S. bases in , for example , the Philippines with- out provoking local resentments ; how to reduce the American military presence in South Korea without sending ...
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... Western World , p . 1 and passim . 26. This is the thrust of Guilmartin's excellent study , Gunpowder and Galleys , passim . 27. For the Portuguese experience , see Parry , Age of Reconnaissance ; P. Padfield , Tide of Empires ...
... Western World , p . 1 and passim . 26. This is the thrust of Guilmartin's excellent study , Gunpowder and Galleys , passim . 27. For the Portuguese experience , see Parry , Age of Reconnaissance ; P. Padfield , Tide of Empires ...
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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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