Lenin: 1916/ni-eta: LENZ ON MODERN WAR (original) (raw)
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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LENZ ON MODERN WAR
Friedrich Lenz, “The Political Prerequisites of Modern War”, Deutsche Rundschau XLI, 4, 1915, January.
Millions of English square miles (p. 81):
| | 1862 | 1888 | 1912 | | | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ------ | | The British Empire: | 4,600 | 9,300 | 10,800 | | The Russian Empire: | 7,600 | 8,600 | 10,200 | | The Turkish Empire: | 1,800 | 1,300 | 700 | | United States of America: | 1,500 | 3,500 | 3,700 | | France with colonies (round figures): | 400 | 1,100 | 4,800 | | German Empire with colonies (round figures): | 240 | 600 | 1,200 | | Austria-Hungary: | 239 | 241 | 241 | | Japan with colonies: | 150 | 150 | 260 | | Italy ” ” : | 100 | 110 | 700 |
| At the beginning of October 1914 (p. 102): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Population (million) | Territory(Englishsq. miles) | Foreigntrade (million marks) |
| (1910) | (1912) | (1912) | |
| (German-Austrian) | 130 | 1,440,000 | 26,750 |
| (Anglo-Franco-Russian) | 670 | 26,090,000 | 76,750 |
| (Neutral) (round figures) | 800 | 24,470,000 | 58,000 |
| 1,600 | 52,000,000 | 161,500 |
| Population (ibidem, p. 83): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany (prior to 1870 without Alsace-Lorraine) | France (from 1870 without Alsace-Lorraine) | ||
| 1700 | 14 | 21 | million |
| 1788 | 16 | 25 | |
| 1816 | 23 | 29 | |
| 1860 | 36 | 37 | |
| 1912 | 66 | 40 | |
| 1925-30 | 80 | 40 |
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