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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... seemed to lie with the independent " flank " powers of Russia and Great Britain . To British administrations oscillating between a Gladstonian emphasis upon internal reforms ( 1868-1874 ) and a Disraelian stress upon the country's ...
... seemed to lie with the independent " flank " powers of Russia and Great Britain . To British administrations oscillating between a Gladstonian emphasis upon internal reforms ( 1868-1874 ) and a Disraelian stress upon the country's ...
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... seemed to paralyze the French ; but even then the Italian government kept press- ing for closer ties with Britain , which alone could neutralize the French fleet . When , in the years after 1900 , Britain and France moved closer ...
... seemed to paralyze the French ; but even then the Italian government kept press- ing for closer ties with Britain , which alone could neutralize the French fleet . When , in the years after 1900 , Britain and France moved closer ...
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... seemed to be among the most innovative in the world , its aircraft gaining a whole series of speed and altitude records.43 Military power , too , seemed to give good indications of Italy's rising status . Although he had not spent much ...
... seemed to be among the most innovative in the world , its aircraft gaining a whole series of speed and altitude records.43 Military power , too , seemed to give good indications of Italy's rising status . Although he had not spent much ...
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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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