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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the debate about the " German question , " that is to say , about the possibility of
an eventual union of the thirty - nine German states , and the means by which that
goal could be secured . For not only did the issue predictably divide the liberal ...
the debate about the " German question , " that is to say , about the possibility of
an eventual union of the thirty - nine German states , and the means by which that
goal could be secured . For not only did the issue predictably divide the liberal ...
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case ; 202 and it did help the Germans to counter the premature Russian
offensive into East Prussia by launching their own ... of achieving a swift victory in
the west , a further eight German divisions were transferred to the eastern
command .
case ; 202 and it did help the Germans to counter the premature Russian
offensive into East Prussia by launching their own ... of achieving a swift victory in
the west , a further eight German divisions were transferred to the eastern
command .
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The “ German - German ” relationship will probably seem , at this time , the most
hypothetical of the cluster . As has been made clear in the preceding chapters ,
the proper place of the German people within the European states system has ...
The “ German - German ” relationship will probably seem , at this time , the most
hypothetical of the cluster . As has been made clear in the preceding chapters ,
the proper place of the German people within the European states system has ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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