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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In the first place , the population losses and economic disruptions caused by four
and a half years of " total " war were immense . Around 8 million men were killed
in actual fighting , with another 7 million permanently disabled and a further 15 ...
In the first place , the population losses and economic disruptions caused by four
and a half years of " total " war were immense . Around 8 million men were killed
in actual fighting , with another 7 million permanently disabled and a further 15 ...
Page 281
Finally , the financing of the war had caused economic — and later political -
problems of unprecedented complexity . Very few of the belligerents ( Britain and
the United States were among the exceptions ) had tried to pay for even part of
the ...
Finally , the financing of the war had caused economic — and later political -
problems of unprecedented complexity . Very few of the belligerents ( Britain and
the United States were among the exceptions ) had tried to pay for even part of
the ...
Page 453
The creation of tens of thousands of private businesses has alarmed party
ideologists , and the rise in prices ( probably caused as much by the necessary
adjustment to market costs as by the frequently denounced " racketeering " and ...
The creation of tens of thousands of private businesses has alarmed party
ideologists , and the rise in prices ( probably caused as much by the necessary
adjustment to market costs as by the frequently denounced " racketeering " and ...
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Contents
World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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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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