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 248
... less to worry about than any of the other major powers.171 The small size of the U.S. military was in many ways a reflection of that state of security . The army , too , had been boosted by the war with Spain , at least to the extent ...
... less to worry about than any of the other major powers.171 The small size of the U.S. military was in many ways a reflection of that state of security . The army , too , had been boosted by the war with Spain , at least to the extent ...
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... less and less competitive , and its foreign trade collapsed : " imports went down by 60 percent and exports by 70 percent . " 94 After some years of paralysis , the 1935 decision to deflate heavily dealt a blow to the sagging French ...
... less and less competitive , and its foreign trade collapsed : " imports went down by 60 percent and exports by 70 percent . " 94 After some years of paralysis , the 1935 decision to deflate heavily dealt a blow to the sagging French ...
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... less rosy . In the first place , given the worldwide array of military liabilities which the United States has assumed since 1945 , its capacity to carry those burdens is obviously less than it was several decades ago , when its share ...
... less rosy . In the first place , given the worldwide array of military liabilities which the United States has assumed since 1945 , its capacity to carry those burdens is obviously less than it was several decades ago , when its share ...
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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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