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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... Moscow for guidance . Such considerations , much more than any centuries - old drive toward warm - water ports , probably ordered the Soviet policy in the post - 1945 world , even if it left open the detailed solution of the various ...
... Moscow for guidance . Such considerations , much more than any centuries - old drive toward warm - water ports , probably ordered the Soviet policy in the post - 1945 world , even if it left open the detailed solution of the various ...
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... Moscow's planned advance . These disagreements , together with the Soviet Union's unwillingness to join the IMF and International Bank , especially disturbed those Americans who had hoped to preserve good relations with Moscow after the ...
... Moscow's planned advance . These disagreements , together with the Soviet Union's unwillingness to join the IMF and International Bank , especially disturbed those Americans who had hoped to preserve good relations with Moscow after the ...
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... Moscow . In 1960 , the great break- through occurred in Latin America , when the USSR signed its first trade ... Moscow's increasing aid to Syria and Iraq as well as Egypt in the 1960s ) ; it could gain kudos by offering military and ...
... Moscow . In 1960 , the great break- through occurred in Latin America , when the USSR signed its first trade ... Moscow's increasing aid to Syria and Iraq as well as Egypt in the 1960s ) ; it could gain kudos by offering military and ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
TABLES CHARTS TABLES | 29 |
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