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Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, from the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich by Christopher Clark
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germany
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The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871
Geoffrey Wawro - 2003
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 in July 1870, the conflict appeared "too close to call." Prussia and its German allies had twice as many troops as the French. But Marshal Achille Bazaine's grognards ("old grumblers") were the stuff of legend, the most resourceful, battle-hardened, sharp-shooting troops in Europe, and they carried the best rifle in the world. From the political intrigues that began and ended the war to the bloody battles at Gravelotte and Sedan and the last murderous fights on the Loire and in Paris, this is the definitive history of the Franco-Prussian War.
Summits: Six Meetings that Shaped the Twentieth Century
David Reynolds - 2007
By examining six key summits which shaped the course of the 20th century, this book assesses whether such a belief has any validity.