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 49
... hands of the French and Lutherans nor at the hands of the Turks , because of what it might imply for Spain's own position ... hand , although it failed to defeat Protestantism in Germany , it did achieve a consolidation of powers in the ...
... hands of the French and Lutherans nor at the hands of the Turks , because of what it might imply for Spain's own position ... hand , although it failed to defeat Protestantism in Germany , it did achieve a consolidation of powers in the ...
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... hand in hand . " 1 This was just as well , because in its first war against the Dutch the navy was taking on an equally formidable force commanded by leaders - Tromp and de Ruyter — who were as good as Blake and Monk . When the service ...
... hand in hand . " 1 This was just as well , because in its first war against the Dutch the navy was taking on an equally formidable force commanded by leaders - Tromp and de Ruyter — who were as good as Blake and Monk . When the service ...
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... hand , there were the western democracies , especially in the English- speaking world , recoiling from the horror of the First World War , concentrating upon domestic ( especially socioeconomic ) issues , and massively reducing their ...
... hand , there were the western democracies , especially in the English- speaking world , recoiling from the horror of the First World War , concentrating upon domestic ( especially socioeconomic ) issues , and massively reducing their ...
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