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 504
... nuclear weaponry held in these two arsenals is an indication of po- litical incapacity or mental sickness , which threatens all daily life on this planet and should be abolished or greatly reduced as soon as possible.174 On the other ...
... nuclear weaponry held in these two arsenals is an indication of po- litical incapacity or mental sickness , which threatens all daily life on this planet and should be abolished or greatly reduced as soon as possible.174 On the other ...
Page 505
... nuclear war , by contrast , the risk is run of inflicting and incurring such damage to mankind that no political , ideological , or economic purpose would be served by it . Although masses of brainpower are devoted to evolving a " nuclear ...
... nuclear war , by contrast , the risk is run of inflicting and incurring such damage to mankind that no political , ideological , or economic purpose would be served by it . Although masses of brainpower are devoted to evolving a " nuclear ...
Page 617
... Nuclear Freeze ( Philadelphia , Pa . , 1984 ) ; and T. Powers , Thinking About Nuclear Weapons ( New York , 1983 ) . 176. Of the vast array of studies on this problem , I prefer M. Mandelbaum , The Nuclear Future ( Ithaca , N.Y. , 1983 ) ...
... Nuclear Freeze ( Philadelphia , Pa . , 1984 ) ; and T. Powers , Thinking About Nuclear Weapons ( New York , 1983 ) . 176. Of the vast array of studies on this problem , I prefer M. Mandelbaum , The Nuclear Future ( Ithaca , N.Y. , 1983 ) ...
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