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 206
... seemed to paralyze the French ; but even then the Italian government kept press- ing for closer ties with Britain , which alone could neutralize the French fleet . When , in the years after 1900 , Britain and France moved closer ...
... seemed to paralyze the French ; but even then the Italian government kept press- ing for closer ties with Britain , which alone could neutralize the French fleet . When , in the years after 1900 , Britain and France moved closer ...
Page 371
... seemed to emphasize that the world must now be viewed , strategically and politically , as bipolar rather than in its traditional multipolar form was the heightened role of ideology . To be sure , even in the age of classical nineteenth ...
... seemed to emphasize that the world must now be viewed , strategically and politically , as bipolar rather than in its traditional multipolar form was the heightened role of ideology . To be sure , even in the age of classical nineteenth ...
Page 428
... seemed to merit it . The fact that all four of these larger European states grew in wealth and output during these ... seemed to hit Europe especially badly , and to take the steam out of the earlier optimism ; despite widespread alarm ...
... seemed to merit it . The fact that all four of these larger European states grew in wealth and output during these ... seemed to hit Europe especially badly , and to take the steam out of the earlier optimism ; despite widespread alarm ...
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