Kamis, 08 Februari 2018

Military History Book Review: The Thirty Years’ War

The Thirty Years’ War: Europe’s Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson, Belknap Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2009, $35 For the avid reader of military history, the Thirty Years’ War has everything—European Realpolitik, religious conflict, dramatic characters, military innovation and violence enough to satisfy the most lurid imagination or touch the coldest heart. University of Hull history professor …

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