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 545
... NCMH , vols . 2-5 ; and H. G. Koenigsberger , The Habsburgs and Europe 1516-1660 ( Ithaca / London , 1971 ) . 7. NCMH , vol . 2 , ch . 11 and 17 . 8. V. S. Mamatey , Rise of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1815 ( Huntingdon , N.Y. , 1978 edn ...
... NCMH , vols . 2-5 ; and H. G. Koenigsberger , The Habsburgs and Europe 1516-1660 ( Ithaca / London , 1971 ) . 7. NCMH , vol . 2 , ch . 11 and 17 . 8. V. S. Mamatey , Rise of the Habsburg Empire 1526-1815 ( Huntingdon , N.Y. , 1978 edn ...
Page 553
... NCMH , vols . 5-6 ; A. de St. Leger and P. Sagnac , La Prepondérance française , Louis XIV , 1661–1715 ( Paris , 1935 ) ; R. M. Hatton ( ed . ) , Louis XIV and Europe ( London , 1976 ) ; P. Goubert , Louis XIV and Twenty Million ...
... NCMH , vols . 5-6 ; A. de St. Leger and P. Sagnac , La Prepondérance française , Louis XIV , 1661–1715 ( Paris , 1935 ) ; R. M. Hatton ( ed . ) , Louis XIV and Europe ( London , 1976 ) ; P. Goubert , Louis XIV and Twenty Million ...
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... NCMH , vol . 12 ; Guinn , British Strategy and Politics , passim : Schmitt and Vedeler , World in the Crucible , chs . 6–8 ; D. R. Woodward , Lloyd George and the Generals ( Newark , N.J. , 1983 ) . 221. Quoted in Beloff , Imperial ...
... NCMH , vol . 12 ; Guinn , British Strategy and Politics , passim : Schmitt and Vedeler , World in the Crucible , chs . 6–8 ; D. R. Woodward , Lloyd George and the Generals ( Newark , N.J. , 1983 ) . 221. Quoted in Beloff , Imperial ...
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