Author:
Chrastil, Rachel, author.
Edition Statement:First US edition.
ImprintNew York : Basic Books, 2023.
Imprint2023
Descriptionxix, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note:"Originally published in 2023 by Allen Lane in Great Britain."--Title page verso.
Note:Declaration -- Mobilization -- Concentration and command -- Combat -- Retreat -- Turning points -- The road to sedan -- Sedan and Bazeilles -- New beginnings -- The Paris strategy -- Choices -- Under siege -- Autumn in Paris -- Generosity -- 15. Suffering -- Christmas -- Winter theatre -- Last stands -- From armistice to peace -- Settling accounts.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-448) and index.
Note:"A new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I. Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposing Napoleon III, and uniting a new German Empire. But it also produced brutal military innovations and a precarious new imbalance of power that together set the stage for the devastating world wars of the next century. In Bismarck's War, historian Rachel Chrastil chronicles events on the battlefield in full, while also showing in intimate detail how the war reshaped and blurred the boundaries between civilian and soldier as the fighting swept across France. The result is the definitive history of a transformative conflict that changed Europe, and the history of warfare, forever."-- Provided by publisher.
