The People's Wars: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820–1888 by Mark Hewitson
Journal: German Studies Review
Year: 2018

Reviewed by: The People's Wars: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820–1888 by Mark Hewitson Katherine B. Aaslestad The People's Wars: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820–1888. By Mark Hewitson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp. 512. Cloth $130.00. ISBN 978-0199564262. During the nineteenth century, war became an affair of the people—a Volkskrieg. So claims Mark Hewitson in the second of three volumes exploring war experiences, changing sensibilities to violence, an