Extensive discourse on the heart of the foundations of the rise of Prussia. The Willful State: Frederick the Great’s Report on the Prussian Government Guillaume Durocher http://www.counter-currents.com/2016/11/the-willful-state/ Just one brief quote: " but never will we find with the other powers the equivalent of the advantages that we find with Russia. The French troops are worth nothing, and the French are used to only feebly assisting their allies; and the English, made for paying subsidies, sacrifice their allies, to the peace, to favor their own interests. I do not speak of the house of Austria, with which it seems almost impossible to form solid bonds. "