Success Is Never Final: Empire, War, and Faith in Early Modern Europe

by Geoffrey Parker

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Failure is fascinating, partly because it is so common. In the 20th century, Enoch Powell claimed that All political lives end in failure; while, according the Winston Churchill, Success is never final. This has always been true: Geoffrey Parker's new book examines ten cases, from the history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, of defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

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Geoffrey Parker is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books. He is Andreas Dorpelan Professor of History at Ohio State University. (Bowker Author Biography)

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