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 407
... major factor in what some writers have termed American " estrangement " from much of the rest of the planet.172 It led to a neglect of American attention toward Latin America - and a tendency to replace Kennedy's hoped - for " Alli ...
... major factor in what some writers have termed American " estrangement " from much of the rest of the planet.172 It led to a neglect of American attention toward Latin America - and a tendency to replace Kennedy's hoped - for " Alli ...
Page 439
... major argument of this book has been that this uneven pace of economic growth has had crucial long - term impacts upon the relative military power and strategical position of the members of the states system . This again is unsurprising ...
... major argument of this book has been that this uneven pace of economic growth has had crucial long - term impacts upon the relative military power and strategical position of the members of the states system . This again is unsurprising ...
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... Major surface warships 3 184 187 376 149 227 Naval aircraft 52 755 807 2533 2250 283 " Even if China is excluded , the Western Allies have twice as many major surface combatants and three times as much naval air power as the Warsaw Pact ...
... Major surface warships 3 184 187 376 149 227 Naval aircraft 52 755 807 2533 2250 283 " Even if China is excluded , the Western Allies have twice as many major surface combatants and three times as much naval air power as the Warsaw Pact ...
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