Emperor Maximilian II

Rating:
Summary: A Rather Tragic Figure
Review: As Professor Fichtner shows, Maximilian was not only an unsuccessful leader, but a repeat loser on many fronts: war with Turkey, religious issues, administration and fiscal policy . . . the list goes on. While not written for the popular market this work does manage to hit all the main features of Maximilian's career, and ends, poignantly, with a meditation on the psychological effects of failure.

Rating:
Summary: A Rather Tragic Figure
Review: As Professor Fichtner shows, Maximilian was not only an unsuccessful leader, but a repeat loser on many fronts: war with Turkey, religious issues, administration and fiscal policy . . . the list goes on. While not written for the popular market this work does manage to hit all the main features of Maximilian's career, and ends, poignantly, with a meditation on the psychological effects of failure.