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Military power is sustained, in the final result, by economic power. If the latter crumbles, so eventually will the former.

— Paul Kennedy

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Yet when all these reservations are made, there is no doubt that the development of the long-range armed sailing ship heralded a fundamental advance of Europe's place in the world. With these vessels, the naval powers of the West were in a position to control the oceanic trade routes and to overawe all societies vulnerable to the workings of sea power.

The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers (1987)

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