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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... Napoleon's great extra - continen- tal foe , and just at the time when the European continent itself was breaking into revolt . In effect , the Napoleonic system in Europe rested upon a contradic- tion . Whatever the merits or demerits ...
... Napoleon's great extra - continen- tal foe , and just at the time when the European continent itself was breaking into revolt . In effect , the Napoleonic system in Europe rested upon a contradic- tion . Whatever the merits or demerits ...
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... Napoleon ( Bloomington , Ind . , 1978 ) . For the early stages of the campaigning , see M. Glover , The Napoleonic Wars : An Illustrated History 1792-1815 ( New York , 1979 ) ; S. T. Ross , Quest for Victory : French Military Strategy ...
... Napoleon ( Bloomington , Ind . , 1978 ) . For the early stages of the campaigning , see M. Glover , The Napoleonic Wars : An Illustrated History 1792-1815 ( New York , 1979 ) ; S. T. Ross , Quest for Victory : French Military Strategy ...
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... Napoleon's Great Adversaries , ch . 3. For the French side , see Ross , Quest for Victory , chs . 5-12 ; and idem ... Napoleon , vol . 1 , chs . 5 and 7 ; Glover , Napoleonic Wars , pp . 83-84 . See also the comments in E. L. Presseisen ...
... Napoleon's Great Adversaries , ch . 3. For the French side , see Ross , Quest for Victory , chs . 5-12 ; and idem ... Napoleon , vol . 1 , chs . 5 and 7 ; Glover , Napoleonic Wars , pp . 83-84 . See also the comments in E. L. Presseisen ...
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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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