Wars of German Unification

Name: Wars of German Unification
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ISBN: 9780340580172

ISBN-10: 0340580178

ISBN-13: 9780340580172

Edition: 1999

Authors: Dennis E. Showalter

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Taken together, three wars fundamentally altered the balance of power in nineteenth-century Europe: the Schleswig-Holstein conflict of 1864; the 'Six Weeks' War' of 1866; and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. They marked the establishment of Prussian hegemony in central Europe, the creation of the Bismarckian Reich in 1871, and as a by-product the reduction of Habsburg influence and the collapse of Napoleon III's Second Empire. Dennis Showalter gives a full account of the international context as well as of the wars themselves and their consequences. Some of his arguments shed new light on the history of the period. He suggests, for instance, that in 1870 the contending armies were better…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 2/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



General editor's preface


Introduction



Confederation and revolution



New eras



Seeking resolution



Roads to war



Iron dice



When to hold and when to fold



War against the empire



The republic strikes back



War with France


Epilogue


Further Reading


Index