Empire, War and Faith in Early Modern Europe

Empire, War and Faith in Early Modern Europe
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Download or read book Empire, War and Faith in Early Modern Europe written by Geoffrey Parker and published by Allan Lane. This book was released on 2002 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Failure is fascinating, partly because it is so common. In the 20th century, Enoch Powell claimed that All political lives end in failure; while, according the Winston Churchill, Success is never final. This has always been true: Geoffrey Parker's new book examines ten cases, from the history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, of defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.


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