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 321
... Given the elimination of a middle class , which could either have been encouraged to create capital or plundered for its existing wealth ; given , too , the fact that 78 percent of Russian population ( 1926 ) remained in a bottom ...
... Given the elimination of a middle class , which could either have been encouraged to create capital or plundered for its existing wealth ; given , too , the fact that 78 percent of Russian population ( 1926 ) remained in a bottom ...
Page 342
... given to winter warfare , since it was assumed that the struggle would be over within three months ; German aircraft pro- duction in 1941 was significantly smaller than that of Britain or Russia , let alone the United States ; the ...
... given to winter warfare , since it was assumed that the struggle would be over within three months ; German aircraft pro- duction in 1941 was significantly smaller than that of Britain or Russia , let alone the United States ; the ...
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... given the differentiated birthrate between the white ethnic groups on the one hand and the black and Hispanic groups on the other - not to mention the changing flow of immigrants into the United States , and given also the economic meta ...
... given the differentiated birthrate between the white ethnic groups on the one hand and the black and Hispanic groups on the other - not to mention the changing flow of immigrants into the United States , and given also the economic meta ...
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