Europe&Apos S Tragedy: A New History Of The Thirty Years War Peter H Wilson Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

Winner Of The Society For Military History Distinguished Book Award 2011The Horrific Series Conflicts Known As Thirty Years War (1618-48) Tore Heart Out Europe Killing Perhaps A Quarter All Germans And Laying Waste To Whole Areas Central Such Degree That Many Towns Regions Never Recovered Major European Powers Apart From Russia Were Heavily Involved While Each Country Started With Rational Aims Fighting Rapidly Spiralled Control Great Battles Giving Way Marauding Bands Starving Soldiers Spreading Plague Murder Was Both Religious Political One It This Tangle Motives Made Impossible Stop Whether Motivated By Idealism Or Cynicism Everyone Drawn Into Conflict Destroyed At Its End Recognizably Modern Had Been Created But Terrible Price Peter Wilson\ S Is Work First New In Generation Fascinating Brilliantly Written Attempt Explain Compelling Events Strength Allowing Reader Understand Tragedy Mixed Allowed Rulers Gamble Their Countries\ Future Horrifying Results Principal Actors Drama (Wallenstein Ferdinand Ii Gustavus Adolphus Richelieu) Are Here So Experience Ordinary Civilians Desperately Trying Stay Alive Under Circumstances Σελίδες: 1024 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm