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War and social change in modern Europe the great transformation revisisted / by Halperin, Sandra

Table of Contents: “…Conflict and change in world politics -- The first transformation : social forces in the rise of Europe's nineteenth-century market system -- Europe's nineteenth-century industrial expansion : a "bottom up" perspective -- Europe's century of war, 1815-1914 -- World War I and the postwar retrenchment -- The polarization of European society, 1918-1939 -- The politics of appeasement and counterrevolution : international relations in Europe, 1918-1939 -- The post-World War II order -- The great transformation and the eternal return : "globalization" reconsidered.…”
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A transformation gap? American innovations and European military change /

Table of Contents: “…Military transformation in NATO : a framework for analysis / Theo Farrell and Terry Terriff -- The rise of military transformation / Frans Osinga -- Innovating within cost and cultural constraints : the British approach to military transformation / Theo Farrell and Tim Bird -- From bottom-up to top-down transformation : military change in France / Sten Rynning -- The rocky road to networked and effects-based expeditionary forces : Bundeswehr transformation / Heiko Borchert -- Innovating on a shrinking playing field : military change in the Netherlands Armed Forces / Rob de Wijk and Frans Osinga -- The innovation imperative : the Spanish military transformation and NEC / Antonio Marquina Barrio and Gustavo Díaz -- Transformation through expeditionary warfare : military change in Poland / Olaf Osica -- Conclusion : the diffusion of military innovations to European militaries / Terry Terriff and Frans Osinga.…”
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The reception of Bodin /

Table of Contents: “…Braun -- The reception of Bodin in the Holy Roman Empire and the making of the territorial state / Robert von Friedeburg -- Sovereignty and reason of state : Bodin, Botero, Richelieu and Hobbes / Luc Foisneau -- The Italian "readers" of Bodin, 17th-18th centuries : readers of Bodin in Italy, from Albergati to Filangieri / Vittor Ivo Comparato -- The Italian "readers" of Bodin, 17th-18th centuries : the Italian "readers" out of Italy-Alberico Gentili (1522-1608) / Diego Quaglioni -- Bodin in the English Revolution / Glenn Burgess.…”
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Social Control in Europe : Volume 1, 1500-1800 /

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Social Control in Europe : Volume 2, 1800-2000 /

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