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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... west . But by late 1946 and early 1947 , the gap was widening and becoming more publicized : various plebiscites and regional elections in the German zones were showing " the political complexion of West Germany ... beginning to differ ...
... west . But by late 1946 and early 1947 , the gap was widening and becoming more publicized : various plebiscites and regional elections in the German zones were showing " the political complexion of West Germany ... beginning to differ ...
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... western Europe , boosted by the billions of dollars of Ameri- can aid ( especially to the larger states of Britain , France , Italy , and West Germany ) , economic growth shot ahead , integrated into a North Atlantic trading network ...
... western Europe , boosted by the billions of dollars of Ameri- can aid ( especially to the larger states of Britain , France , Italy , and West Germany ) , economic growth shot ahead , integrated into a North Atlantic trading network ...
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... West Germany , Italy , and Japan in their turn , permitted only modest increases ( and an occasional decline ) in defense spending . Apart from China's growth - and those figures also are very imprecise - the pattern of arms spending in ...
... West Germany , Italy , and Japan in their turn , permitted only modest increases ( and an occasional decline ) in defense spending . Apart from China's growth - and those figures also are very imprecise - the pattern of arms spending in ...
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