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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... Italy seemed a full member of the European Great Power system , and Rome ranked alongside the other major capi- tals ... Italy's Great Power status covered some stupendous weaknesses , above all the country's economic retardation ...
... Italy seemed a full member of the European Great Power system , and Rome ranked alongside the other major capi- tals ... Italy's Great Power status covered some stupendous weaknesses , above all the country's economic retardation ...
Page 205
... Italy the awful reputation of having the only European army defeated by an African society without means of effective response . The Italian gov- ernment decision to make war in Libya in 1911-1912 , which took the Italian general staff ...
... Italy the awful reputation of having the only European army defeated by an African society without means of effective response . The Italian gov- ernment decision to make war in Libya in 1911-1912 , which took the Italian general staff ...
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... Italy signed in 1882 with Berlin was comforting at first , particularly when Bismarck seemed to paralyze the French ... Italy checked it from being an open break . Thus by 1914 , Italy occupied a position like that of 1871. It was " the ...
... Italy signed in 1882 with Berlin was comforting at first , particularly when Bismarck seemed to paralyze the French ... Italy checked it from being an open break . Thus by 1914 , Italy occupied a position like that of 1871. It was " the ...
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