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 xv
... leading states in the international system strove to enhance its wealth and its power , to become ( or to remain ) both rich and strong . The " military conflict " referred to in the book's subtitle is therefore always examined in the ...
... leading states in the international system strove to enhance its wealth and its power , to become ( or to remain ) both rich and strong . The " military conflict " referred to in the book's subtitle is therefore always examined in the ...
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... leading Powers in the Concert of Europe , so that no single nation was either able or willing to make a bid for domi- nance . The prime concerns of government in these post - 1815 decades were with domestic instability and ( in the case ...
... leading Powers in the Concert of Europe , so that no single nation was either able or willing to make a bid for domi- nance . The prime concerns of government in these post - 1815 decades were with domestic instability and ( in the case ...
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... leading reserve currency ) rather than demand payment in gold . As the 1960s unfolded , however , this cozy situation evaporated . Both Kennedy and ( even more ) Johnson were willing to increase American military expenditures overseas ...
... leading reserve currency ) rather than demand payment in gold . As the 1960s unfolded , however , this cozy situation evaporated . Both Kennedy and ( even more ) Johnson were willing to increase American military expenditures overseas ...
Contents
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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