The Decline of the Netherlands

Author: (American) A. de Jongh
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book mainly includes Preface, Political Turmoil, Economic and Social Rises and Falls, William IV, Princess Anne, Duke of Braunschweig, American War of Independence, The Last British War, Patriots, The Last Years, Epilogue, Chronology of the Dutch Republic and Major Events in European and American Politics, Postscript. Hendrik Willem van Loon published over thirty books in his lifetime, single-handedly recounting almost all aspects of human history. It is truly admirable that he completed such a monumental undertaking with his limited lifespan, challenging the infinite with the finite. Van Loon was not an obscure theorist, but he certainly had his own system and ideas. His works include The Liberation of Man, The Story of Mankind, The Beginnings of Civilization, Miracles and Men, The Story of the Bible, The Story of Inventions, The Story of the Human Home, The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn, and others. The topics he chose are essentially centered around the fundamental questions of human survival and development, and the spirit that permeates them is reason, tolerance, and progress.