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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... mobilize and equip millions of reservists and -- because of their better education and training - actually deploy them ... mobilization schedules , superior staff training , ad- vanced technology , and so on . But the German Empire was ...
... mobilize and equip millions of reservists and -- because of their better education and training - actually deploy them ... mobilization schedules , superior staff training , ad- vanced technology , and so on . But the German Empire was ...
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... mobilization and strategic - railway system were examined in detail . Although the overall mileage of the railway network by 1914 seemed impressive , once it was set against the immense distances of the Rus- sian Empire or compared with ...
... mobilization and strategic - railway system were examined in detail . Although the overall mileage of the railway network by 1914 seemed impressive , once it was set against the immense distances of the Rus- sian Empire or compared with ...
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... mobilization and west- ward strike should war come ; while , with even less cause , the French in 1911 adopted the famous Plan XVII , involving a headlong rush into Alsace - Lorraine . And whereas the likelihood that Italy would fight ...
... mobilization and west- ward strike should war come ; while , with even less cause , the French in 1911 adopted the famous Plan XVII , involving a headlong rush into Alsace - Lorraine . And whereas the likelihood that Italy would fight ...
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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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