“…Traducción de: Spain and the great powers in the twentieth century…”

“…The film depicts foreign reactions as well as the political considerations and conduct of the Great Powers. Recently rediscovered contemporary news footages from American, French, German and Russian archives further enrich the visual content of this documentary.…”

“…Small countries are no less concerned with retaining their national and political identity than Great Powers. The Uprising was a spontaneous outburst of the Hungarian people against the intolerable oppression of tyrannical and largely alien rule, and for the cause of national freedom. …”

“…Alongside Europe's better-known stories - human, national and international - he examines subjects often spurned or neglected - Europe's stateless nations, for example, as well as the nation-states and great powers, and the minority groups from heretics and lepers to Romanies, Jews, and Muslims. …”

“…The reference to a Great Power coming across the throat of the British Commonwealth was no more auspicious. …”

“…The IFTU cannot forget that the situation [state of affairs] to which the great Powers are hastening to adjust themselves is entirely due to their passivity in face of the aggression carried on by the two great Fascist Powers against a people of which the majority had freely chosen for themselves - a regime and a government in conformity with their national outlook. …”

“…Even in this time of unparalleled stress and anxiety we make an earnest appeal to you to consider whether you can use your great power through diplomatic channels so that clemency may be shown by the Courts In their Judgment of this case. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Czechoslovakia: new government sworn in, premier resigns <br/>- Massive demonstrations in Sofia <br/>- USSR: CPSU Central Committee in session, demonstrations <br/>- Position of the great powers after the fall of the Berlin Wall <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- "national summit": premier and opposition hold press conference <br/>- Vienna-Budapest exhibition <br/>- The Corvina collection <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Budget calculated with 19.5 percent inflation next year <br/>- Rise in rents and mortgage interest rates Külpolitika: <br/>- Csehszlovákia: az új kormány eskütétele, az államfő lemondása <br/>- Hatalmas tüntetés Szófiában <br/>- SZU: SZKP KB ülés, tüntetések <br/>- Nagyhatalmak a Berlini Fal leomlása utáni helyzetről <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- "nemzeti csúcs": kormányfői és ellenzéki sajtótájékoztató <br/>- Bécs-Budapest kiállítás <br/>- A Corvina gyűjtemény <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- 19.5 százalékos jövő évi inflációval számol a költségvetés <br/>- Felemelik a lakbéreket és a lakáshitelek kamatait…”

“…Contrasting the experiences of five great powers (Britain, France, Germany, the USA and Japan) during five periods of technological and industrial leadership, from the Industrial Revolution to the beginning of the twenty-first century, the book draws on historical and comparative methods to draw causal inferences about international progress and leadership. …”

“…It is true that he added that this policy rested on the main agreement and co-operation between the Great Powers that emerged from the War. It had always been a cardinal point with many socialists, inside as well as outside the Labour Party, that the Churchill Government, in seeking to restore the Kings, capitalists, and colonies of 1939, was following a line which they hated and would alter if they could. …”