▁called ▁it ▁" a ▁compreh ensive , ▁fresh ▁and ▁in cis ive ▁analysis ". ▁Tony ▁Jud t ▁character ized ▁it ▁as ▁an ▁excellent ▁book ▁but ▁argued ▁that ▁Maz ower ▁might ▁have ▁over st ated ▁his ▁th esis ▁of ▁Europe ▁coming ▁close ▁to ▁following ▁Naz ism ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 3 0 s . ▁According ▁to ▁Jud t ▁" the ▁virt ues ▁of ▁dem ocracy ▁... ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁completely ▁forgotten , ▁even ▁in ▁the ▁dark est ▁hours ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 9 - 4 0 ." ▁Donald ▁S ass oon ▁called ▁the ▁book ▁" a ▁stim ulating ▁and ▁original ▁interpretation ". ▁He ▁pra ised ▁the ▁book ▁for ▁its ▁bread th ▁and ▁on ▁" cont aining ▁app os ite ▁comments ▁on ▁countries ▁r anging ▁from ▁Bulg aria ▁and ▁Roman ia ▁to ▁Finland ▁and ▁Den mark ." ▁He ▁critic ized ▁the ▁book ▁for ▁becoming ▁a ▁little ▁journal istic ▁when ▁turning ▁to ▁recent ▁history . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 9 8 ▁books ▁Category : All en ▁Lane ▁( im print ) ▁books ▁Category : 1 9 9 8 ▁non - f iction ▁books ▁Category : Work s ▁by ▁Mark ▁Maz ower ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁history ▁books ▁Category : History ▁books ▁about ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁Category : History ▁books ▁about ▁Europe <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁IV ▁Army ▁Corps ▁/ ▁IV ▁A K ▁() ▁was ▁a ▁corps ▁level ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁Pr uss ian ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁Imperial ▁German ▁Arm ies ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁Century