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 116
... navy was stead- ily built up , despite the pressing need to economize ; and the " family compact " with Spain was deepened . It is true that Louis XV frowned upon Choiseul's strong encouragement of Spain against Britain in the 1770 ...
... navy was stead- ily built up , despite the pressing need to economize ; and the " family compact " with Spain was deepened . It is true that Louis XV frowned upon Choiseul's strong encouragement of Spain against Britain in the 1770 ...
Page 118
... navy had been allocated only 30 million livres a year , one - quarter of the French army's allocation and only one - fifth of the monies provided to the Royal Navy each year . From the mid - 1770s onward , the French naval budget ...
... navy had been allocated only 30 million livres a year , one - quarter of the French army's allocation and only one - fifth of the monies provided to the Royal Navy each year . From the mid - 1770s onward , the French naval budget ...
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... Navy was also able to join the nuclear club with the creation of a new class of enormous carriers , possessing strike bombers equipped with atomic weapons , and , by the late 1950s , with the planned construction of nuclear - powered ...
... Navy was also able to join the nuclear club with the creation of a new class of enormous carriers , possessing strike bombers equipped with atomic weapons , and , by the late 1950s , with the planned construction of nuclear - powered ...
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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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