Hughes' take on Germany is a pretty solid representation of general revisionist scholarship of early modern Germany. He clearly shows the trends and ideas that flowed through the period, particularly territorial sovereignty and anti-Imperialism. Important in his work is an assessment of the decentralization of the empire as a continual process throughout the period, not a consequence of Westphalia. He also puts a lot of attention of the anti-Hapsburg elements in the empire as driving much of the conflict of the time, and the dynastic attitudes of the Hapsburg rulers.
Hughes tries to take on too much in his book, however. He essentially tries to cover more than three centuries in about 170 pages, and in doing so comes across as writing more of a textbook-style overview than strong historical scholarship. It still remains a convincing work, he just perhaps should have either expanded the size or condensed the scope.
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