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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Page 261
Since the Austro - Hungarian forces had suffered a humiliating blow in their
Serbian campaign , and since the unreal French Plan XVII of 1914 had ground to
a halt in Lorraine with losses of over 600,000 men , it appeared that only in the
open ...
Since the Austro - Hungarian forces had suffered a humiliating blow in their
Serbian campaign , and since the unreal French Plan XVII of 1914 had ground to
a halt in Lorraine with losses of over 600,000 men , it appeared that only in the
open ...
Page 340
The Polish campaign in particular confirmed the efficacy of Blitzkrieg warfare ,
exposed a number of weaknesses ( which could then be corrected ) , and
strengthened German confidence in being able to overun foes by rapid , surprise
assaults ...
The Polish campaign in particular confirmed the efficacy of Blitzkrieg warfare ,
exposed a number of weaknesses ( which could then be corrected ) , and
strengthened German confidence in being able to overun foes by rapid , surprise
assaults ...
Page 341
... heavily from its defeated foes , but the elimination of France and Britain's
obvious incapacity to launch a major military campaign also meant that there
would be no serious drain upon the Wehrmacht's stocks through extensive
campaigning .
... heavily from its defeated foes , but the elimination of France and Britain's
obvious incapacity to launch a major military campaign also meant that there
would be no serious drain upon the Wehrmacht's stocks through extensive
campaigning .
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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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