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 444
... spending priorities ; on the other hand , a fast pace of technological and industrial expansion will also have its consequences , especially upon a hitherto nonindustrial- ized society . Large - scale armaments spending , for its part ...
... spending priorities ; on the other hand , a fast pace of technological and industrial expansion will also have its consequences , especially upon a hitherto nonindustrial- ized society . Large - scale armaments spending , for its part ...
Page 469
... spending , and to a revision of the constitution , which forbids sending troops ( or even selling arms ) abroad . The memory of the militaristic excesses of the 1930s , of the wartime losses , and ( especially ) of the horrors of the A ...
... spending , and to a revision of the constitution , which forbids sending troops ( or even selling arms ) abroad . The memory of the militaristic excesses of the 1930s , of the wartime losses , and ( especially ) of the horrors of the A ...
Page 668
... spending in ( 16th and 17th centuries ) , 60-61 , 62 , 63 military spending in ( 19th century ) , 152-54 military spending in ( current ) , 482-83 after Napoleon's fall , 138-39 navalist view of , 96-97 naval power of ( 19th century ) ...
... spending in ( 16th and 17th centuries ) , 60-61 , 62 , 63 military spending in ( 19th century ) , 152-54 military spending in ( current ) , 482-83 after Napoleon's fall , 138-39 navalist view of , 96-97 naval power of ( 19th century ) ...
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