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Book SynopsisThe Swedish invasion of 1655 provoked the political and military collapse of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the second-largest state in Europe. Robert Frost examines the reasons for Poland's fall and the conduct of the war by the Polish government. In particular he addresses the crucial question of why attempts at political reform failed.
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Table of Contents1. Introduction: Poland-Lithuania in the mid-seventeenth century; 2. The deluge; 3. Recovery: July 1655–August 1656; 4. The widening conflict: June-December 1656; 5. Constructing a coalition: January - December 1657; 6. The succession and the failure of the coalition: January - July 1658; 7. Political reform; 8. Towards a French candidature: 1658–1660; 9. Conclusion: the succession and the failure of reform.
