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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carnage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , there could be no further doubt of the
weapon's power . ... 80 It also undoubtedly gave a boost to the already existing
Soviet development of nuclear weapons , since Stalin put his formidable security
chief ...
carnage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , there could be no further doubt of the
weapon's power . ... 80 It also undoubtedly gave a boost to the already existing
Soviet development of nuclear weapons , since Stalin put his formidable security
chief ...
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There are also reports of Chinese experimentation with tactical nuclear weapons
. All this is backed up by large - scale atomic research , and by a refusal to have
its nuclear weapons development “ frozen ” by international limitations ...
There are also reports of Chinese experimentation with tactical nuclear weapons
. All this is backed up by large - scale atomic research , and by a refusal to have
its nuclear weapons development “ frozen ” by international limitations ...
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One of the two clearest signs of this is the unease with which the Soviet Union
has watched its weaponry being repeatedly ... against American weapons with
far superior avionics , radar equipment , miniaturized guidance systems , and so
on .
One of the two clearest signs of this is the unease with which the Soviet Union
has watched its weaponry being repeatedly ... against American weapons with
far superior avionics , radar equipment , miniaturized guidance systems , and so
on .
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
2 | 17 |
The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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| Title | The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 Power and Morality Collection at Harvard Business School |
| Author | Paul M. Kennedy |
| Contributor | Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection (University of Virginia) |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0394546741, 9780394546742 |
| Length | 677 pages |
| Subjects | › Business & Economics / Economic History History / World |
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