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 257
... difficult to say that it was the significant benefit to Britain , France , and Russia that Allied diplo- mats had hoped for.194 In much the same way , it was difficult to say who benefited most from the Turkish decision to enter the war ...
... difficult to say that it was the significant benefit to Britain , France , and Russia that Allied diplo- mats had hoped for.194 In much the same way , it was difficult to say who benefited most from the Turkish decision to enter the war ...
Page 413
... difficult to shake off , perhaps because it had not been mere rhetoric , but a fundamentalist view of the world order and of the United States ' destined place in it . As had happened so often in the past , the holding of such ...
... difficult to shake off , perhaps because it had not been mere rhetoric , but a fundamentalist view of the world order and of the United States ' destined place in it . As had happened so often in the past , the holding of such ...
Page 479
... difficult to maintain the Bundeswehr at full strength , while the government's de- sire to keep defense spending down to 3.5 to 4 percent of GNP means that it will be difficult for the armed services to procure as much new equipment as ...
... difficult to maintain the Bundeswehr at full strength , while the government's de- sire to keep defense spending down to 3.5 to 4 percent of GNP means that it will be difficult for the armed services to procure as much new equipment as ...
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