The struggle between the militarist cliques is destroying what remains of the unity of the country.
He is said to have rejoiced privately over Swedish victories, and certainly it was unerring instinct which told him that the great European conflict was no longer religious but dynastic. Anti-Spanish to the core, he became the greatest papal militarist since Julius II.; but Tuscany, Modena and Venice checkmated him in his ambitious attempt to conquer the duchy of Parma.
Central to the construction of the myth of new militarist " warfare " is the demonisation of the enemy leader.