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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Chronology
I EUROPE BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE, 1555–1618
i The Habsburvs and Europe
ii Germany before the war
iii The Union, the League and the politics of Europe
iv The gathering storm
II THE INDECISIVE WAR, 1618–1629
i The war for Bohemia
ii Europe and the Palatine war
iii The Danish intermezzo
III THE HABSBURGS VICTORIOUS
i The Imperial vision
ii The practice of absolutism I: 1621–1626
iii The practice of absolutism II: 1626–1629
iv Spain and the war
IV TOTAL WAR
i On the edge of the abyss
ii 1630–1632: The intervention of Sweden
iii 1633–1635: Oxenstierna versus Wallenstein
iv France's 'war by diversion'
V COUNTDOWN TO PEACE
i The Swedish dilemma
ii 1635–1642: The deadlock broken
iii 1643–1647: The defeat of the Habsburgs
iv 1647–1650: The making of peace
VI THE WAR IN MYTH, LEGEND AND HISTORY
i The universal soldier
ii The war and German society
iii The war and politics
Maps
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliographical essay
Index of authors
General index
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