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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Agree with what you say setting WWI and WWII apart, but I would repeat what I said about the Thirty Years War. Here is C.V. Wedgwood, quoted by Ta-Nahesi Coates:
TNC prompted me to read Wedgwood -- the book is very good....
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I have the Wedgwood book, haven't read it yet but thanks for the recommendation. Have read other stuff about the 30 years war, but long ago. But my reaction to this is, essentially -- yeah, they slaughtered a lot of poor people. But the people making decisions about whether to go to war didn't suffer too much (and not nearly enough). The churches and lords kept their lands and saw no threat to their way of life.
