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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... the economic recovery was being increasingly affected by the fantastic
expenditure upon armaments . In the short term , this spending was yet another
quasi - Keynesian government boost to capital investment and industrial growth .
... the economic recovery was being increasingly affected by the fantastic
expenditure upon armaments . In the short term , this spending was yet another
quasi - Keynesian government boost to capital investment and industrial growth .
Page 433
... taxation policies encouraged high consumption , but a low personal savings
rate ; investment in R & D , except for military purposes , was slowly sinking
compared with other countries ; and defense expenditures themselves , as a
proportion ...
... taxation policies encouraged high consumption , but a low personal savings
rate ; investment in R & D , except for military purposes , was slowly sinking
compared with other countries ; and defense expenditures themselves , as a
proportion ...
Page 499
stocks of trained manpower , scientists , machinery , and capital investment which
could have been devoted to the civilian economy . This does not mean ,
according to certain economic forecasts , that a large reduction in defense
expenditures ...
stocks of trained manpower , scientists , machinery , and capital investment which
could have been devoted to the civilian economy . This does not mean ,
according to certain economic forecasts , that a large reduction in defense
expenditures ...
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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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