The Distribution of Global Power (1870-2008)
War-making capabilities of states are very hard to measure. Even sophisticated metrics of national material capabilities are wildly insufficient to predict the outcome of wars. Some states punch far above their weight, while others routinely underperform expectations based on national material capabilities.
Prussia and later Germany in the classical Euro…
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