Acknowledgements
Whatever the weaknesses of this
book, they would have been far greater without the kind help of
friends. J.R. Jones and Gordon Lee went through the entire manu-
script, asking questions all the way. My colleague Jonathan Spence
endeavored (I fear with
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My family has provided support and, more important still, light
relief. The book is dedicated to my wife, to whom I ow so much.
Paul Kennedy
Hamden, Connecticut, 1986
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