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 92
... diplomatic and geographical context , the early kings of Prussia played the game well . The acquisition of Silesia - described by some as the industrial zone in the east - was in particular a great boost to the state's military ...
... diplomatic and geographical context , the early kings of Prussia played the game well . The acquisition of Silesia - described by some as the industrial zone in the east - was in particular a great boost to the state's military ...
Page 252
... diplomatic revolu- tion " 183 of 1904-1905 if not for two other factors . The first was the growing suspicion held by the British and French toward Germany , whose aims , although unclear , looked ambitious and dangerous , as Chancellor ...
... diplomatic revolu- tion " 183 of 1904-1905 if not for two other factors . The first was the growing suspicion held by the British and French toward Germany , whose aims , although unclear , looked ambitious and dangerous , as Chancellor ...
Page 318
... diplomatic isolation and deeply suspicious of the western democracies . Almost as inscrutable and unpredictable , at least to frus- trated Whitehall minds , was the policy of the United States in the early to middle 1930s ; avoiding all ...
... diplomatic isolation and deeply suspicious of the western democracies . Almost as inscrutable and unpredictable , at least to frus- trated Whitehall minds , was the policy of the United States in the early to middle 1930s ; avoiding all ...
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