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 215
... Austria - Hungary , France , and Britain - and perhaps espe- cially between the first - named and the last . Nonetheless , the charts of their relative power in world affairs would show all of them distinctly weaker by the end of the ...
... Austria - Hungary , France , and Britain - and perhaps espe- cially between the first - named and the last . Nonetheless , the charts of their relative power in world affairs would show all of them distinctly weaker by the end of the ...
Page 216
... Austria - Hungary's economy and society in more detail , however , significant flaws appear . Perhaps the most fun- damental of these was the enormous regional differences in per capita income and output , which to a large degree ...
... Austria - Hungary's economy and society in more detail , however , significant flaws appear . Perhaps the most fun- damental of these was the enormous regional differences in per capita income and output , which to a large degree ...
Page 219
... Austria - Hungary needed German support . This would not be the case in a purely Austro - Italian war ( although that , despite Con- rad's frequent fears , was the least likely contingency ) ; but German military assistance certainly ...
... Austria - Hungary needed German support . This would not be the case in a purely Austro - Italian war ( although that , despite Con- rad's frequent fears , was the least likely contingency ) ; but German military assistance certainly ...
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