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 148
... tion is poverty . . . . with low productivity , low output per head , in traditional agriculture , any economy which has agriculture as the main constituent of its national income does not produce much of a surplus above the immediate ...
... tion is poverty . . . . with low productivity , low output per head , in traditional agriculture , any economy which has agriculture as the main constituent of its national income does not produce much of a surplus above the immediate ...
Page 207
... tion with emerging Japanese entrepreneurs to develop heavy industry , iron , steel , and shipbuilding , as well as to modernize textile produc- tion . Government subsidies were employed to benefit exporters , to encourage shipping , to ...
... tion with emerging Japanese entrepreneurs to develop heavy industry , iron , steel , and shipbuilding , as well as to modernize textile produc- tion . Government subsidies were employed to benefit exporters , to encourage shipping , to ...
Page 505
... tion that in war , as in most other things , there ought to be a balance between means and ends . In a nuclear war , by contrast , the risk is run of inflicting and incurring such damage to mankind that no political , ideological , or ...
... tion that in war , as in most other things , there ought to be a balance between means and ends . In a nuclear war , by contrast , the risk is run of inflicting and incurring such damage to mankind that no political , ideological , or ...
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