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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... investment greatly reduced the unemployment totals even before conscription did the rest.80 By 1936 , however , the economic recovery was being increas- ingly affected by the fantastic expenditure upon armaments . In the short term ...
... investment greatly reduced the unemployment totals even before conscription did the rest.80 By 1936 , however , the economic recovery was being increas- ingly affected by the fantastic expenditure upon armaments . In the short term ...
Page 494
... investment trends in oil , coal and electric power , com- bined with the targeted investment increase for natural gas , will absorb virtually the entire available increase in capital resources for Soviet industry over the period 1981-5 ...
... investment trends in oil , coal and electric power , com- bined with the targeted investment increase for natural gas , will absorb virtually the entire available increase in capital resources for Soviet industry over the period 1981-5 ...
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... investment , " it is likely to find its economic output slowing down , with dire implications for its long - term capacity to maintain both its citizens ' consumption demands and its international position . ? Already this is happening ...
... investment , " it is likely to find its economic output slowing down , with dire implications for its long - term capacity to maintain both its citizens ' consumption demands and its international position . ? Already this is happening ...
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