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 504
... nuclear weaponry held in these two arsenals is an indication of po- litical incapacity or mental sickness , which threatens all daily life on this planet and should be abolished or greatly reduced as soon as possible.174 On the other ...
... nuclear weaponry held in these two arsenals is an indication of po- litical incapacity or mental sickness , which threatens all daily life on this planet and should be abolished or greatly reduced as soon as possible.174 On the other ...
Page 505
... nuclear war , by contrast , the risk is run of inflicting and incurring such damage to mankind that no political , ideological , or economic purpose would be served by it . Although masses of brainpower are devoted to evolving a " nuclear ...
... nuclear war , by contrast , the risk is run of inflicting and incurring such damage to mankind that no political , ideological , or economic purpose would be served by it . Although masses of brainpower are devoted to evolving a " nuclear ...
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... Nuclear Strategy , ch . 5 et seq .; T. B. Larson , Soviet - American Rivalry ( New York , 1978 ) , pp . 178ff . 83 ... Nuclear Weapons ( London , 1980 ) ; A. Pierce , Nuclear Politics : The British Expe- rience with an Independent ...
... Nuclear Strategy , ch . 5 et seq .; T. B. Larson , Soviet - American Rivalry ( New York , 1978 ) , pp . 178ff . 83 ... Nuclear Weapons ( London , 1980 ) ; A. Pierce , Nuclear Politics : The British Expe- rience with an Independent ...
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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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