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Success Is Never Final Hardcover – April 16, 2002

by Geoffrey Parker (Author)

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Failure fascinates historians, especially when it follows fast on the heels of victory. In ten provocative essays, Geoffrey Parker chronicles notable moments in fifteenth-, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe when defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory. He paints a broad picture of empire, war, and religion in the early modern world.Parker groups his material into three sections. In the first, he examines the rise and fall of the first global empire, the Spanish Empire. In the second, he shows how the spread of the Western military innovation triggered resistance stronger than it could overcome. Finally, he tells of the failure of the Reformation to grow beyond its original, urban milieu.Success Is Never Final offers a rich and original view of the fluctuations of power in early modern Europe, and bold new thinking from one of our master historians.

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Movements, ideas, and empires that had great initial success but quickly flamed out litter the history of modern Europe. Award-winning historian Parker, who has taught early modern European history at Cambridge, Yale, and, most recently, Ohio State University, examines a few ideas and political figures whose staying powers were disappointing after a promising beginning. The series of essays collected for this book examines such diverse topics as the Spanish Empire of Phillip II, the lack of success of the Protestant church in rural Europe, and the artillery fortress and its role in European expansion. In the introduction, Parker argues that history finds its own equilibrium and that brilliant early success seldom lasts. All of Parker's contributions display a gift for taking complex historical ideas and making them comprehensible to the interested reader. As with any essay collection, some are closer to the original thesis than others, but all are brilliantly written and worth reading whether they help Parker's cause or not. One quibble is the lack of helpful maps. Recommended for academic libraries and larger public libraries. Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, IA
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Geoffrey Parker is Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at Ohio State University, and previously held chairs at Yale University, the University of Illinois, the University of British Columbia, and at St. Andrews in Great Britain. The author or editor of thirty books, including The Military Revolution, The Dutch Revolt, and The Grand Strategy of Philip II, he is also a Fellow of the British Academy, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Alfonso the Wise. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; 1st edition (April 17, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780465054770
ISBN-13: 978-0465054770
ASIN: 0465054773
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 2 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,088,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4715 in Books > History > World > Civilization & Culture
- #64400 in Books > History > Europe
- #86668 in Books > History > Military

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