The period from the peace of westphalia to the congress of vienna has the virtue for the highend popular historian of being clo...  Read More

The period from the peace of westphalia to the congress of vienna has the virtue for the highend popular historian of being close enough in time and culture to be relevant while also being distant enough to be contemplated more or less for pleasure  Read Less

He almost creates a dialogue with the reader suggesting what they might already know what they might be thinking and also what...  Read More

He almost creates a dialogue with the reader suggesting what they might already know what they might be thinking and also what he knows but does not think they need to know  Read Less

I was a bit disappointed by the balance of the content

I was a bit disappointed by the balance of the content  Read Less

Blanning manages to avoid this by dealing with the structural factors first like advances in communications agriculture industry etc

Blanning manages to avoid this by dealing with the structural factors first like advances in communications agriculture industry etc  Read Less

I felt there is a disproportionate ammount of text devoted to the social history of the period and too little on the meaty poli...  Read More

I felt there is a disproportionate ammount of text devoted to the social history of the period and too little on the meaty political and military events e  Read Less