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Warfare dominated the long reign of the `Sun-king', Louis XIV. For forty years from 1672, France was continuously a
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Warfare dominated the long reign of Louis XIV. From 1672, France was continuously at war for over 40 years across Europe
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This ambitious survey draws together the two major wars of decolonization fought by France in Indochina and Algeria (as
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This is the first comprehensive history study to consider the revolution in military strategy which took place in the ba
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Dominated by the ambitions of France's King Louis XIV, Europe in the years 1650-1715 witnessed a series of wars fro
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Even as the last shots of World War II were being fired, new conflicts were springing up around the globe. The wars that
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In his last book, the late William Carr provides a masterly account of the origins and impact of the three major wars fo
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Louis IV represents the apogee of French royal power and the Ancien Regime. Having restored the nation's finances a
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