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The Devil's Broker: Seeking Gold, God, and Glory in Fourteenth- Century Italy
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Feb 27, 2022
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Reading for the 2nd time. Most recently started February 27, 2022.
just started this account of John Hawkwood, mercenary general and power broker in Italy for decades, a self-made millionaire and landowner, soldier, general, politician, power broker in the most turbulent and violent of times and places. Definately demonstrates the DANGERS OF CREATING ARMIES, USING THEM FOR YEARS, LEAVING THEM WITHOUT $ OR DIRECTION AT THE END OF THE WAR. WITHOUT WAR THEY HAD TO TURN THEIR ABILITIES TO THEFT AND EXTORTION ON A GRAND SCALE AND DID SO. After WW1 &WW2 the armies went home for the most part and peace returned except for some Eastern European rebellions ie Baltic states, Ukraine, against Stalin/USSR.
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