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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... country close to Britain as the leading world exporter ; not surprisingly , its merchant marine also expanded , to ... country's manifest destiny , although perhaps in a less deterministic and frenetic tone . What was significant about ...
... country close to Britain as the leading world exporter ; not surprisingly , its merchant marine also expanded , to ... country's manifest destiny , although perhaps in a less deterministic and frenetic tone . What was significant about ...
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... country within a few decades . The country's weaknesses are so well known as to require only a brief mention here . Diplomatically and strategically , Peking has re- garded itself ( with some justification ) as being isolated and sur ...
... country within a few decades . The country's weaknesses are so well known as to require only a brief mention here . Diplomatically and strategically , Peking has re- garded itself ( with some justification ) as being isolated and sur ...
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... country a nearly invulner- able deterrent force which could destroy more than 350 Soviet targets , instead of the ... country's own suicide would at least be attended by inflicting much heavier damage upon the USSR than was possible ...
... country a nearly invulner- able deterrent force which could destroy more than 350 Soviet targets , instead of the ... country's own suicide would at least be attended by inflicting much heavier damage upon the USSR than was possible ...
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