TY - BOOK ID - 77871178 TI - The Franco-Prussian War PY - 2003 SN - 110738527X 128111295X 9786611112950 0511338376 1139130005 0511337817 0511336632 0511511825 0511337280 9780511338373 9780511252150 0511252153 9780511253607 0511253605 9781281112958 9780511337284 9780511336638 0521584361 9780521584364 0521584361 9780521584364 9780511511820 9780521617437 052161743X 6611112952 9781139130004 9780511337819 110715734X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. KW - Franco-German War, 1870-1871 KW - France KW - Germany KW - History KW - History, Military KW - #A0507HI KW - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 KW - Second Empire, 1852-1870 KW - History [Military ] KW - 19th century KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77871178 AB - The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 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 The 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 overwhelmingly outnumbered 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. 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 a stunning, authoritative history of the Franco-Prussian War. ER -