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. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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... finally left with the feeling that the country was still a mystery to them . 11 But
the Mogul rule could scarcely be compared with administration by the Indian Civil
Service . The brilliant courts were centers of conspicuous consumption on a scale
...
... finally left with the feeling that the country was still a mystery to them . 11 But
the Mogul rule could scarcely be compared with administration by the Indian Civil
Service . The brilliant courts were centers of conspicuous consumption on a scale
...
Page 107
When the great battle finally occurred , at Poltava in July 1709 , the Russian army
was vastly superior in numbers and in good defensive positions . Not only did this
encounter wipe out the Swedish force , but Charles's subsequent flight into ...
When the great battle finally occurred , at Poltava in July 1709 , the Russian army
was vastly superior in numbers and in good defensive positions . Not only did this
encounter wipe out the Swedish force , but Charles's subsequent flight into ...
Page 435
Finally , if it had seen its productive lead eroded by certain faster - growing
economies , it had still maintained a very considerable superiority over the Soviet
Union in almost all respects of true national power and — by clinging to its own ...
Finally , if it had seen its productive lead eroded by certain faster - growing
economies , it had still maintained a very considerable superiority over the Soviet
Union in almost all respects of true national power and — by clinging to its own ...
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Contents
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
2 | 17 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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