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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... foreign - owned . " . " 130 This was not in itself an unusual thing - Italy's position was somewhat similar - but it does show an extremely heavy reliance upon foreign entrepreneurship and capital , which might or might not ( as in 1899 ...
... foreign - owned . " . " 130 This was not in itself an unusual thing - Italy's position was somewhat similar - but it does show an extremely heavy reliance upon foreign entrepreneurship and capital , which might or might not ( as in 1899 ...
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... Foreign Policy , ch . 2 ; Schulzinger , American Diplo- macy in the Twentieth Century , pp . 24–38 . 168. See especially the criticisms in G. F. Kennan , American Diplomacy ( Chicago , 1984 edn . ) , chs . 1-3 ; and Dallek , American ...
... Foreign Policy , ch . 2 ; Schulzinger , American Diplo- macy in the Twentieth Century , pp . 24–38 . 168. See especially the criticisms in G. F. Kennan , American Diplomacy ( Chicago , 1984 edn . ) , chs . 1-3 ; and Dallek , American ...
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... Foreign Affairs 1880-1914 . London , 1931 . Carsten , F.L. The Origins of Prussia . Oxford , 1954 . Carter , A.C. , " Dutch Foreign Investment , 1738-1800 , " Economica 20 ( 1953 ) . Neutrality or Commitment : The Evolution of Dutch Foreign ...
... Foreign Affairs 1880-1914 . London , 1931 . Carsten , F.L. The Origins of Prussia . Oxford , 1954 . Carter , A.C. , " Dutch Foreign Investment , 1738-1800 , " Economica 20 ( 1953 ) . Neutrality or Commitment : The Evolution of Dutch Foreign ...
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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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