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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... interests but not permanent allies . If the circumstances which allowed such freedom of action were diminishing as the nine- teenth century ended , nevertheless the traditional juggling act between Britain's various interests - imperial ...
... interests but not permanent allies . If the circumstances which allowed such freedom of action were diminishing as the nine- teenth century ended , nevertheless the traditional juggling act between Britain's various interests - imperial ...
Page 515
... interests abroad - interests so widespread that it would be difficult to defend them all at once , and yet almost equally difficult to abandon any of them without running further risks . Each of those interests abroad , it is fair to ...
... interests abroad - interests so widespread that it would be difficult to defend them all at once , and yet almost equally difficult to abandon any of them without running further risks . Each of those interests abroad , it is fair to ...
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... interests in this re- gion . A few years ago , the U.S. Defense Department attempted a brief summary of American interests in East Asia , but its very succinctness pointed , paradoxically , to the almost limitless extent of those ...
... interests in this re- gion . A few years ago , the U.S. Defense Department attempted a brief summary of American interests in East Asia , but its very succinctness pointed , paradoxically , to the almost limitless extent of those ...
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