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. |
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... imperial control is effected (as is dealt with in Michael Doyle's recent book Empires), or whether empires contribute to national strength. Finally, it does not propose any general theory about which sorts of society and social ...
... imperial control is effected (as is dealt with in Michael Doyle's recent book Empires), or whether empires contribute to national strength. Finally, it does not propose any general theory about which sorts of society and social ...
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... Imperial Spain spent much more on its army in the troubled 1630s and 1640s than it did in the 1580s, when the Castilian economy was healthier. Edwardian Britain's defense expenditures were far greater in 1910 than they were at, say, the ...
... Imperial Spain spent much more on its army in the troubled 1630s and 1640s than it did in the 1580s, when the Castilian economy was healthier. Edwardian Britain's defense expenditures were far greater in 1910 than they were at, say, the ...
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... imperial edict banned the construction of seagoing ships; later still, a specific order forbade the existence of ships with more than two masts. Naval personnel would henceforth be employed on smaller vessels on the Grand Canal. Cheng ...
... imperial edict banned the construction of seagoing ships; later still, a specific order forbade the existence of ships with more than two masts. Naval personnel would henceforth be employed on smaller vessels on the Grand Canal. Cheng ...
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... imperial navy. Even the repeated appearance of Portuguese vessels off the China coast did not force a reassessment.* Defense on land was all that was required, the mandarins reasoned, for had not all maritime trade by Chinese subjects ...
... imperial navy. Even the repeated appearance of Portuguese vessels off the China coast did not force a reassessment.* Defense on land was all that was required, the mandarins reasoned, for had not all maritime trade by Chinese subjects ...
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... their “New World” the Spaniards made it clear that they were there to stay, setting up an imperial administration, building churches, and engaging in ranching and mining. Exploiting the natural resources— and, still more,
... their “New World” the Spaniards made it clear that they were there to stay, setting up an imperial administration, building churches, and engaging in ranching and mining. Exploiting the natural resources— and, still more,
Contents
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Habsburg Bloc | |
International Comparisons | |
Increase in Military Manpower 14701660 | |
War Money and the NationState | |
Defense Expenditures of the Great Powers 1930 | |
Annual Indices of Manufacturing Production 1913 | |
The Offstage Superpowers | |
Aircraft Production of the Powers 19321939 | |
Shares of World Manufacturing Output 19291938 | |
The Unfolding Crisis 19311942 | |
Tank Production in 1944 | |
STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS TODAY | |
Size of Navies 16891815 | |
STRATEGY AND ECONOMICS IN | |
17501900 | |
Britain as Hegemon? | |
The Middle Powers | |
The Crimean War and the Erosion of Russian Power | |
Military Expenditures of the Powers in the Crimean | |
The United States and the Civil | |
Conclusions | |
The Shifting Balance of World Forces | |
Total Population of the Powers 18901938 | |
Urban Population of the Powers and as Percentage | |
National Income Population and per Capita Income | |
Alliances and the Drift to War 18901914 | |
IndustrialTechnological Comparisons of the 1914 | |
U K Munitions Production 19141918 | |
IndustrialTechnological Comparisons with | |
The Coming of a Bipolar World and | |
World Indices of Manufacturing Production 1913 | |
The Challengers | |
Aircraft Production of the Powers 19391945 | |
The New Strategic Landscape | |
Total GNP and per Capita GNP of the Powers | |
The Cold War and the Third World | |
Defense Expenditures of the Powers 19481970 | |
The Fissuring of the Bipolar World | |
The Changing Economic Balances 1950 to 1980 | |
Production of World Manufacturing Industries | |
Average Annual Rate of Growth of Output | |
Shares of Gross World Product 19601980 | |
To the Twentyfirst Century | |
Chinas Balancing | |
The Japanese Dilemma | |
The EECPotential and Problems | |
The Soviet Union and Its Contradictions | |
The Problem of Number One | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
About the Author | |
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