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Excerpt - page 29: "... dynastic orientation, his policies leading up to and during the War of the SpanishSuccession become incompre- hensible. He ventured French fortune and lives to ..."
Excerpt - page 90: "... him from proving his case in the remainder of that war. Supreme command in the War of the SpanishSuccession now handed him the opportunity to test his men against ..."