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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were ominous enough ; the coming of the breechloader , vastly increasing the
rate of fire , was an even greater advance ; and the Gatling guns , Maxims , and
light field artillery put the final touches to a new " firepower revolution ...
were ominous enough ; the coming of the breechloader , vastly increasing the
rate of fire , was an even greater advance ; and the Gatling guns , Maxims , and
light field artillery put the final touches to a new " firepower revolution ...
Page 179
... had an energy consumption from modern fuel sources fifteen times as large ,
and a railway mileage thirty times greater ( and even three times greater than
Britain's ) . By contrast , the United States possessed a regular army of a mere
26,000 ...
... had an energy consumption from modern fuel sources fifteen times as large ,
and a railway mileage thirty times greater ( and even three times greater than
Britain's ) . By contrast , the United States possessed a regular army of a mere
26,000 ...
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The frailty of Britain's international and economic position was partially disguised
in the early post - 1945 period by the even greater weakness of other states , the
prudent withdrawals from India and Palestine , the short - term surge in exports ...
The frailty of Britain's international and economic position was partially disguised
in the early post - 1945 period by the even greater weakness of other states , the
prudent withdrawals from India and Palestine , the short - term surge in exports ...
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Contents
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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