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 150
... greater advance ; and the Gatling guns , Maxims , and light field artillery put the final touches to a new " fire- power revolution " which quite eradicated the chances of a successful resistance by indigenous peoples reliant upon older ...
... greater advance ; and the Gatling guns , Maxims , and light field artillery put the final touches to a new " fire- power revolution " which quite eradicated the chances of a successful resistance by indigenous peoples reliant upon older ...
Page 179
... greater ( and even three times greater than Britain's ) . By contrast , the United States possessed a regu- lar army of a mere 26,000 men compared with Russia's gigantic force of 862,000.79 The disparity between the economic indices and ...
... greater ( and even three times greater than Britain's ) . By contrast , the United States possessed a regu- lar army of a mere 26,000 men compared with Russia's gigantic force of 862,000.79 The disparity between the economic indices and ...
Page 424
... greater weakness of other states , the prudent withdrawals from India and Palestine , the short - term surge in exports , and the maintenance of empire in the Middle East and Africa . 226 The humiliation at Suez in 1956 therefore came ...
... greater weakness of other states , the prudent withdrawals from India and Palestine , the short - term surge in exports , and the maintenance of empire in the Middle East and Africa . 226 The humiliation at Suez in 1956 therefore came ...
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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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