The Wars of German Unification - Brossura

Showalter, Dennis E.

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ISBN 10: 0340580178 ISBN 13: 9780340580172

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2004

Riassunto

Taken together, three wars fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-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. Showalter gives a full account of the international context as well as of the wars themselves and their consequences.

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Recensione:

He has mined the published literature -- journals, papers, monographs to creat a balanced, convincing analysis of three wars that shaped a continent. --Dr Geoffrey Wawro

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This is a wonderful book, one that reveals a distinguished military historian in his prime. It is well researched and cogently argued, yet also witty and often on the edge. --Holger H. Herwig
The thoroughness and sustained attention to detail he has brought to this task will be as novel to most political and social historians as to their military colleagues. This is an indispensable contribution, not only to the history of war, but to European history as a whole. --(The Times Literary Supplement )

L'autore:

Dennis Showalter is a Professor of History at Colorado College, Colorado, USA

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• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0340580178
• ISBN 13: 9780340580172
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288