The purpose of this volume is to show that, ironically, in the period following the revolution, France repeated many of the foreign policies of Louis XIV. The revolution, despite its radical social and political implications, was in diplomatic terms a revival of the age-old
struggle for European hegemony. The author has maintained a thorough grasp of events, and particularly of military operations, that is detailed and informative; his study should serve as an invaluable reference for European diplomacy in the period. |
