The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 15 gen 1989 - 704 pagine About 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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... least until Necker's re- forms of the 1770s , there existed no overall sense of national account- ing ; annual tallies of revenue and expenditure , and the problem of deficits , were rarely thought to be of significance . Provided the ...
... least until Necker's re- forms of the 1770s , there existed no overall sense of national account- ing ; annual tallies of revenue and expenditure , and the problem of deficits , were rarely thought to be of significance . Provided the ...
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... least worrying . Much more disturbing was the potential French threat to the Rhineland , in 1830 , again in 1840 , and finally in the 1860s . All those periods of tension merely confirmed what the quarrels with Vienna and occasional ...
... least worrying . Much more disturbing was the potential French threat to the Rhineland , in 1830 , again in 1840 , and finally in the 1860s . All those periods of tension merely confirmed what the quarrels with Vienna and occasional ...
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... least its regional bosses , seemed more concerned with the distribution of jobs than the pursuit of na- tional glory.52 But even had Mussolini's rule been absolute , Italy's posi- tion would be no better , given Il Duce's penchant for ...
... least its regional bosses , seemed more concerned with the distribution of jobs than the pursuit of na- tional glory.52 But even had Mussolini's rule been absolute , Italy's posi- tion would be no better , given Il Duce's penchant for ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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