Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Volume 1The Brief Edition of Western Civilization presents a strong chronological and political framework and seamlessly integrates the social and cultural forces that have shaped the western past. Two related themes are pursued throughout: 1) Europe in relation to the rest of the world and non-Western influences, and 2) power in all its senses, public and private; economic, social, cultural, and political; symbolic and real. |
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... tional autocratic states like Austria , Russia , and the Ottoman Empire , in which free institutions could be established only if political indepen- dence were wrested from , respectively , Vienna , St. Petersburg , and Constantinople ...
... tional autocratic states like Austria , Russia , and the Ottoman Empire , in which free institutions could be established only if political indepen- dence were wrested from , respectively , Vienna , St. Petersburg , and Constantinople ...
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... tional understandings of any kind but diplo- macy shall proceed always frankly and in pub- lic view .... IV . Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic ...
... tional understandings of any kind but diplo- macy shall proceed always frankly and in pub- lic view .... IV . Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic ...
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... tional U.S. missiles on German soil and called for an alternative to the endless arms race . The SPD , as the governing party in an important NATO state , seemed unable to confront this issue and lost members as a result . Prominent ...
... tional U.S. missiles on German soil and called for an alternative to the endless arms race . The SPD , as the governing party in an important NATO state , seemed unable to confront this issue and lost members as a result . Prominent ...
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Chronologies Genealogies and Charts | 692 |
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