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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... decline of Great Britain . ” 228 Its share of world manufacturing production slipped from 8.6 percent in 1953 to 4.0 percent in 1980. Its share of world trade also fell away swiftly , from 19.8 percent ( 1955 ) to 8.7 percent ( 1976 ) ...
... decline of Great Britain . ” 228 Its share of world manufacturing production slipped from 8.6 percent in 1953 to 4.0 percent in 1980. Its share of world trade also fell away swiftly , from 19.8 percent ( 1955 ) to 8.7 percent ( 1976 ) ...
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... decline . As argued above , the United States ' favorable economic position at that point in history was both ... decline relatively ? " but " Did it have to decline so fast ? " For the fact was that even in the heyday of the Pax ...
... decline . As argued above , the United States ' favorable economic position at that point in history was both ... decline relatively ? " but " Did it have to decline so fast ? " For the fact was that even in the heyday of the Pax ...
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... decline , in that such an agitation simply would not have been necessary a few decades earlier , when the nation's lead was unquestioned . A strong man , the writer G. K. Chesterton sardonically observed , does not worry about his ...
... decline , in that such an agitation simply would not have been necessary a few decades earlier , when the nation's lead was unquestioned . A strong man , the writer G. K. Chesterton sardonically observed , does not worry about his ...
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