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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 88
Page 507
... balance . This may seem a bold statement to make in view of the very extensive publicity which has been given to the far larger totals of Soviet aircraft , tanks , artillery , and infantry divisions in as- sessments of the U.S. - USSR ...
... balance . This may seem a bold statement to make in view of the very extensive publicity which has been given to the far larger totals of Soviet aircraft , tanks , artillery , and infantry divisions in as- sessments of the U.S. - USSR ...
Page 585
... Balance ( Annapolis , Md . , 1982 ) , ch . 3 ; A. J. Marder , Old Friends , New Enemies : The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy ( Oxford , 1981 ) , ch . 11 ; S. E. Pelz , Race to Pearl Harbor ( Cambridge , Mass . , 1974 ) ...
... Balance ( Annapolis , Md . , 1982 ) , ch . 3 ; A. J. Marder , Old Friends , New Enemies : The Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy ( Oxford , 1981 ) , ch . 11 ; S. E. Pelz , Race to Pearl Harbor ( Cambridge , Mass . , 1974 ) ...
Page 593
... Balance of Power , pp . 310ff ; B. H. Liddell Hart , History of the Second World War ( London , 1970 ) , pp . 16ff ; Grand Strategy , vols . 1 ( Gibbs ) and 2 ( Butler ) . 185. Murray , Change in the European Balance of Power , pp . 314 ...
... Balance of Power , pp . 310ff ; B. H. Liddell Hart , History of the Second World War ( London , 1970 ) , pp . 16ff ; Grand Strategy , vols . 1 ( Gibbs ) and 2 ( Butler ) . 185. Murray , Change in the European Balance of Power , pp . 314 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agricultural aircraft alliance allies American armaments armed forces army Asia Austria Austria-Hungary balance Britain British Cambridge campaign capital century China Chinese colonial conflict Crimean War crisis decades decline defense despite diplomacy diplomatic Dutch early East eastern Economic History especially European expansion expenditures exports fighting fleet Foreign Policy France France's French German Germany's global Habsburg Empire Hitler imperial important increasing industrial Industrial Revolution investment Italian Italy Japan Japanese land less London ment military million Modern Moscow Napoleon NATO naval NCMH Netherlands nomic nuclear Ottoman Ottoman Empire output overseas passim peace percent Poland political population possessed problems production regime relative Revolution rise Royal Navy Russia seemed Seven Years War society Soviet Union Spain Spanish strategical strength struggle territories tion trade Treaty troops United USSR victory warfare wars weapons West western Europe York