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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... larger than those of any other country in the world ( except , presuma- bly , those of Japan after the latter's recent surge ) , and the deutsche mark is often used by other nations as a reserve currency . As against all this , one can ...
... larger than those of any other country in the world ( except , presuma- bly , those of Japan after the latter's recent surge ) , and the deutsche mark is often used by other nations as a reserve currency . As against all this , one can ...
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... larger and larger amount of equipment such as machine - building and metalworking tools would be consumed by the military , crowding out the share of investment capital going to the rest of industry . Yet , while economists believe that ...
... larger and larger amount of equipment such as machine - building and metalworking tools would be consumed by the military , crowding out the share of investment capital going to the rest of industry . Yet , while economists believe that ...
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... larger share of the defense of the western Pacific without alarming its various neigh- bors ; how to maintain U.S. bases in , for example , the Philippines with- out provoking local resentments ; how to reduce the American military ...
... larger share of the defense of the western Pacific without alarming its various neigh- bors ; how to maintain U.S. bases in , for example , the Philippines with- out provoking local resentments ; how to reduce the American military ...
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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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