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 248
... less to worry about than any of the other major powers.171 The small size of the U.S. military was in many ways a reflection of that state of security . The army , too , had been boosted by the war with Spain , at least to the extent ...
... less to worry about than any of the other major powers.171 The small size of the U.S. military was in many ways a reflection of that state of security . The army , too , had been boosted by the war with Spain , at least to the extent ...
Page 311
... less and less competitive , and its foreign trade collapsed : " imports went down by 60 percent and exports by 70 percent . " 94 After some years of paralysis , the 1935 decision to deflate heavily dealt a blow to the sagging French ...
... less and less competitive , and its foreign trade collapsed : " imports went down by 60 percent and exports by 70 percent . " 94 After some years of paralysis , the 1935 decision to deflate heavily dealt a blow to the sagging French ...
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... less related to industry's needs and much less paid for by industry itself . The large proportion devoted to defense - related R & D brings us onto the other horn of the British dilemma . If it was an unambitious , ob- scure , isolated ...
... less related to industry's needs and much less paid for by industry itself . The large proportion devoted to defense - related R & D brings us onto the other horn of the British dilemma . If it was an unambitious , ob- scure , isolated ...
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