The Pursuit of Power. Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000

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Pirates, piracy, 44, 48, 51, 64
Pisa, 90
Po Chü-i, 28
Po river, 77, 203
Poidevin, R., 300, 301
Planhol, X. de, 58
Plassey, battle of, 151
Poison gas, 357
Poland, Polish, 65, 72, 123, 153, 154,
155, 197, 204, 228, 312, 313, 328,
333, 334
Pollen, A., 295, 297
Pollen, A. J. H., 295–98
Polo, Marco, 42
Polynesians, 150
Pomerania, 123
Pool, B., 183
Population, demography, 17, 24, 29, 57,
60, 70, 144–45, 149–50, 158, 173,
185–87, 194, 200–201, 206–9, 213–15,
259, 260, 261, 307, 310–17, 346, 353,
360, 364, 380, 381, 386
Porch, D., 222
Portsmouth, 270
Portugal, Portuguese, 44, 95, 101, 102,
103, 104, 107, 109, 149, 204, 300
Postan, W. W., 351, 352, 357, 358
Postwar settlements: Napoleonic wars,
215, 219–22; World War I, 345–47;
World War II, 362–66
Potatoes, 144, 208, 311, 343
Pottinger, E. A., 251
Prasad, B., 356
Price, D. K., 377
Princip, Gavrilo, 314
Privateering, 102–4, 178, 180, 182
Protestants, Protestantism, 94, 119, 124
Prussia, 65, 146, 148, 154–55, 161, 163,
164, 173, 176, 189, 339; after 1791:
191, 197, 201, 204, 210, 215–19, 231,
232, 235–36, 240, 241; after 1866:
242–54, 256, 262, 271, 303, 304, 306,
318
Ptolemy II, 171
Pulleybank, E. G., 35
Purves, J. G., 236
Puteaux, 236

Quimby, R. A., 159, 166

Radar, 359
Raid, 6, 21, 23, 33, 34, 35, 58, 64, 120,
152, 165, 187. See also Privateering


Railroads, 211, 212, 223, 242–43, 244,
249, 250, 252, 253, 257, 292, 300,
312, 358
Raistrick, A., 211
Ralston, D. B., 245
Randon, L. C. A., 236, 251
Rathenau, Walther, 323
Rathgen, B., 84
Raymond, I. W., 55
Rearmament, 346–51, 336–74
Record, R. G., 145
Recruitment, 74–75, 82, 107, 118, 121,
122, 135–37, 146, 156, 164, 189–92,
199–201, 207–8, 217, 218–19, 244,
245, 247, 254, 255, 256, 305, 314,
319, 322, 329, 335, 343, 381. See also
Levée en masse
Redfield, M. P., 315
Redlich, F„ 82, 119, 122
Red Sea, 99
Rehfeld, P., 160, 167
Reinhard, M., 145, 198, 312, 313, 314,
315, 316
Reischauer, E. O., 348
Renault, Louis, 320, 330, 335, 336
Research and development, 174, 220–21,
278, 289, 356–60, 366–73, 383
Reserves, military, 219, 247, 253, 255,
256
Reussner, A., 284
Rhinelands, 187, 197, 198, 246
Rhine river, 63, 66, 203, 310
Rhone river, 203
Ribbentrop-Molotov Agreement (1939),
352
Richard, T. A., 71
Richter, G. M. A., 233
Ritter, G., 306
Roads, 14, 162, 163, 164, 250, 358
Roberts, M., 122, 126
Roberts, S. S., 227
Robespierre, M., 193, 197
Rockets: “Congreve,” 220–21; V-2, 359,


  1. See also Missiles
    Rockhill, W. W., 45
    Rocroi, battle of, 124, 134
    Rodman, T. J., 265
    Romanoffs, 135, 201
    Rome, Romans, 4, 19, 64, 69, 76, 128,
    130, 148, 198
    Roosevelt, F. D., 309, 349, 356
    Rose, M. E., 210
    Rosen, H., 174
    Rosenberg, N., 234, 237

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