The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871

by Geoffrey Wawro

Book Overview

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 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 Franco-Prussian War describes the war that followed in thrilling detail. While the armies mobilized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521584361
• ISBN13: 9780521584364
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"