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The Summer of 1683

From the October 2009 Print Edition

The Enemy at the Gate: Hapsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe by Andrew Wheatcroft Basic, 368 pages, $27.50 We usually associate the struggles for control of the southern European and Mediterranean worlds with the horrific encounters of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries—the final . . . . Continue Reading »