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. |
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Page 256
... decisive battle - fleet encounter and not properly appreciating that the geographical contours of the North Sea and Mediterranean and the newer weapons of the mine , torpedo , and submarine would make fleet operations in the traditional ...
... decisive battle - fleet encounter and not properly appreciating that the geographical contours of the North Sea and Mediterranean and the newer weapons of the mine , torpedo , and submarine would make fleet operations in the traditional ...
Page 355
... decisive events of December 1941 entirely altered these balances : the Russian counterattack at Moscow showed that it would not fall to Blitzkrieg warfare ; and the entry of Japan and the United States into what was now a global ...
... decisive events of December 1941 entirely altered these balances : the Russian counterattack at Moscow showed that it would not fall to Blitzkrieg warfare ; and the entry of Japan and the United States into what was now a global ...
Page 387
... decisive advantage , and the early to middle 1950s witnessed , both in Foster Dulles's startling speeches and in the Air Force's own plans , a commitment to " massive retaliation " upon Russia or China in the event of the next war . 129 ...
... decisive advantage , and the early to middle 1950s witnessed , both in Foster Dulles's startling speeches and in the Air Force's own plans , a commitment to " massive retaliation " upon Russia or China in the event of the next war . 129 ...
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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