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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... position of being unable to damage the other decisively . If the Battle of Britain had rendered impossible a German cross - Channel invasion , the imbalance of land forces made a British military entry into Europe quite out of the ...
... position of being unable to damage the other decisively . If the Battle of Britain had rendered impossible a German cross - Channel invasion , the imbalance of land forces made a British military entry into Europe quite out of the ...
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... position in global politics . In a long - term sense , China repre- sents a political and strategic force too ... position in the global economic and power - political order , yet that is also the Japanese feel — an extremely delicate ...
... position in global politics . In a long - term sense , China repre- sents a political and strategic force too ... position in the global economic and power - political order , yet that is also the Japanese feel — an extremely delicate ...
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... position today and that of previous " declining hegemons . " 242 Here again , it is instructive to note the uncanny ... position , with dire implications for the country's long- term strategic position ; hence the fact that the calls for ...
... position today and that of previous " declining hegemons . " 242 Here again , it is instructive to note the uncanny ... position , with dire implications for the country's long- term strategic position ; hence the fact that the calls for ...
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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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