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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Page 476
... larger than those of any other country in the world ( except , presuma- bly , those of Japan after the latter's recent surge ) , and the deutsche mark is often used by other nations as a reserve currency . As against all this , one can ...
... larger than those of any other country in the world ( except , presuma- bly , those of Japan after the latter's recent surge ) , and the deutsche mark is often used by other nations as a reserve currency . As against all this , one can ...
Page 515
... larger than the country's power to defend them all simultaneously . Unlike those earlier Powers that grappled with the problem of strategical overextension , the United States also confronts the possibil- ity of nuclear annihilation - a ...
... larger than the country's power to defend them all simultaneously . Unlike those earlier Powers that grappled with the problem of strategical overextension , the United States also confronts the possibil- ity of nuclear annihilation - a ...
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... larger share of the defense of the western Pacific without alarming its various neigh- bors ; how to maintain U.S. bases in , for example , the Philippines with- out provoking local resentments ; how to reduce the American military ...
... larger share of the defense of the western Pacific without alarming its various neigh- bors ; how to maintain U.S. bases in , for example , the Philippines with- out provoking local resentments ; how to reduce the American military ...
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