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 136
... Army , only 270,000 of that total were Frenchmen , the same number as remained in the Peninsula . Furthermore , since " na- tive " Frenchmen now included the Belgians , Dutch , and many Italians in the annexed territories , troops ...
... Army , only 270,000 of that total were Frenchmen , the same number as remained in the Peninsula . Furthermore , since " na- tive " Frenchmen now included the Belgians , Dutch , and many Italians in the annexed territories , troops ...
Page 212
... army in the decade before 1914 appeared eclipsed by the far larger forces of czarist Russia , and matched by those of France . But such appearances were deceptive . For complex domestic - political reasons , the German government had ...
... army in the decade before 1914 appeared eclipsed by the far larger forces of czarist Russia , and matched by those of France . But such appearances were deceptive . For complex domestic - political reasons , the German government had ...
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... army had ready access to manpower and could ingrain the recruits into its traditions of absolute obedience and mass maximum effort . While it had kept the size of the army limited in earlier years , its expansion program saw the 24 divi ...
... army had ready access to manpower and could ingrain the recruits into its traditions of absolute obedience and mass maximum effort . While it had kept the size of the army limited in earlier years , its expansion program saw the 24 divi ...
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