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 125
... strategical foundations . " 7 Prussia was noticeably absent , so that no northern German front could be opened . A premature campaign by the king of Naples led to disaster , and an ill - prepared Anglo - Russian expe- dition to Holland ...
... strategical foundations . " 7 Prussia was noticeably absent , so that no northern German front could be opened . A premature campaign by the king of Naples led to disaster , and an ill - prepared Anglo - Russian expe- dition to Holland ...
Page 137
... strategical sideshow.94 Economically , it might have been far more serious to British interests had it not coincided ... strategical distraction . " Napoleon's final campaign of March to June 1815 , while certainly not a sideshow , was a ...
... strategical sideshow.94 Economically , it might have been far more serious to British interests had it not coincided ... strategical distraction . " Napoleon's final campaign of March to June 1815 , while certainly not a sideshow , was a ...
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... strategical commitments which had been made decades earlier , when the nation's political , economic , and military capacity to influence world affairs seemed so much more assured . In consequence , the United States now runs the risk ...
... strategical commitments which had been made decades earlier , when the nation's political , economic , and military capacity to influence world affairs seemed so much more assured . In consequence , the United States now runs the risk ...
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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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