num_pages: 532
description: In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system of the Continent but the whole climate of European moral and political thought. The overwhelming triumph of German military might, evoking general admiration and imitation, introduced an era of power politics, which was to reach its disastrous climax in 1914.First published in 1961 and now with a new introduction, The Franco-Prussian War is acknowledged as the definitive history of one of the most dramatic and decisive conflicts in the history of Europe.
language: English
title: The Franco-Prussian War
titlecomplete: The Franco-Prussian War
characters: Louis Faidherbe, Charles de Freycinet, Jules Favre, Edmond Le Bœuf, Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Napoleon III, Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines, Otto von Bismarck, Léon Gambetta, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Louis-Jules Trochu, Constantin von Alvensleben, Antoine Chanzy, William I, German Emperor, Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, François Achille Bazaine, Adolphe Thiers, Eugénie de Montijo, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Frederick III, German Emperor, Charles-Denis Bourbaki
genres: Germany, European History, Military Fiction, War, Nonfiction, History, Military History, 19th Century, France
ratings_count: 292
awards: awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Duff Cooper Prize
publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Ltd.