TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sutton,John L.
TI  - The King's honor & the King's Cardinal: the war of the Polish succession 
SN  - 9780813164700
AV  - DK4326 .K564 1980
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. A Problem of Succession; 2. The Commitment to War; 3. The Habsburg Position; 4. The Road to Danzig; 5. Military Operations North of the Alps in 1733; 6. The War in Italy to May 1734; 7. The Siege of Danzig; 8. The War in the Rhineland in 1734; 9. Military Climax and Denouement; 10. The Negotiations; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; 2; b
N2  - Early in 1733 Augustus II, elector of Saxony and king of Poland, died in Warsaw from complications of a gangrenous foot. The elective throne of Poland thus fell vacant, and the states of Europe began cautious maneuvers designed to secure for each some national advantage in the choice of a successor. Before the year was out, diplomacy had given way to military force. Yet the Age of Reason fostered a relationship between diplomacy and warfare that limited the violence of military action. The War of Polish Succession might have produced widespread carnage. It was a major struggle among the great pages
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