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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... spending , the Treasury argued that such spending would be economically ruinous . Already in 1937 , Britain , like France , was spending more of its GNP upon defense than either of those countries had done in the crisis years prior to ...
... spending , the Treasury argued that such spending would be economically ruinous . Already in 1937 , Britain , like France , was spending more of its GNP upon defense than either of those countries had done in the crisis years prior to ...
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... spending , and to a revision of the constitution , which forbids sending troops ( or even selling arms ) abroad . The memory of the militaristic excesses of the 1930s , of the wartime losses , and ( especially ) of the horrors of the A ...
... spending , and to a revision of the constitution , which forbids sending troops ( or even selling arms ) abroad . The memory of the militaristic excesses of the 1930s , of the wartime losses , and ( especially ) of the horrors of the A ...
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... spending in ( 16th and 17th centuries ) , 60–61 , 62 , 63 military spending in ( 19th century ) , 152-54 military spending in ( current ) , 482-83 after Napoleon's fall , 138-39 navalist view of , 96-97 naval power of ( 19th century ) ...
... spending in ( 16th and 17th centuries ) , 60–61 , 62 , 63 military spending in ( 19th century ) , 152-54 military spending in ( current ) , 482-83 after Napoleon's fall , 138-39 navalist view of , 96-97 naval power of ( 19th century ) ...
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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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