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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... defense . According to the figures in The Military Balance , in 1983 Japan spent $ 11.6 billion on defense , compared with $ 21-24 billion spent by France , West Germany , and Britain , and a colossal $ 239 billion by the United States ...
... defense . According to the figures in The Military Balance , in 1983 Japan spent $ 11.6 billion on defense , compared with $ 21-24 billion spent by France , West Germany , and Britain , and a colossal $ 239 billion by the United States ...
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... Defense Caspar W. Weinberger to the Congress , on Fiscal Year 1984 Budget ( Washington , D.C. , 1983 ) , p . 17 . 212. " NATO : Burdens Shared , " Economist , Aug. 4 , 1984 , p . 3. See also the discussion of this in Calleo , Imperious ...
... Defense Caspar W. Weinberger to the Congress , on Fiscal Year 1984 Budget ( Washington , D.C. , 1983 ) , p . 17 . 212. " NATO : Burdens Shared , " Economist , Aug. 4 , 1984 , p . 3. See also the discussion of this in Calleo , Imperious ...
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... Defense ( New York , 1981 ) ; idem , " The Spend - Up , " Atlantic , July 1986 , pp . 27-31 ; Gansler , Defense Industry , passim ; S. L. Canby , " Military Reform and the Art of War , " passim ; " Forum : Military Reform and Defense ...
... Defense ( New York , 1981 ) ; idem , " The Spend - Up , " Atlantic , July 1986 , pp . 27-31 ; Gansler , Defense Industry , passim ; S. L. Canby , " Military Reform and the Art of War , " passim ; " Forum : Military Reform and Defense ...
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