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The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871
Geoffrey Wawro
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Paperback. Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1, that violently changed the course of European history. Num Pages: 346 pages, 18 b/w illus. 13 maps. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel. Digging into many European and American archives for the first time, Geoffrey Wawro's The Franco-Prussian War describes the war that followed in thrilling detail. While the armies mobilized in July 1870, the conflict appeared 'too close to call'. Prussia and its German allies overwhelmingly outnumbered the French. But Marshal Achille Bazaine's grognards ('old grumblers') were the stuff of legend, ... Read more
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel. Digging into many European and American archives for the first time, Geoffrey Wawro's The Franco-Prussian War describes the war that followed in thrilling detail. While the armies mobilized in July 1870, the conflict appeared 'too close to call'. Prussia and its German allies overwhelmingly outnumbered the French. But Marshal Achille Bazaine's grognards ('old grumblers') were the stuff of legend, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521617437
SKU
9780521617437
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About Geoffrey Wawro
Geoffrey Wawro is Professor of Strategic Studies at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. His previously published books include The Austro-Prussian War (Cambridge, 1996) and Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792–1914 (2000). He is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including the Austrian Cultural Institute Prize and the Society for Military History Moncado Prize for Excellence ... Read more
Reviews for The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871
'… a clear reminder that military history still needs lively and well researched accounts of wars and campaigns … what Wawro has done is to provide a history of the war which exploits to the full the available archive material. With consummate skill he has woven together diplomatic developments before and during the war, the decisions and motives of the ... Read more