Bismarck's War : The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
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Author:CHRASTIL Rachel
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ISBN:9780241419199
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Publication Date:September 2023
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Pages:512
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Binding:Hardback
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Publisher:Allen Lane
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Country of Publication:United Kingdom
Bismarck's War : The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
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Author:CHRASTIL Rachel
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ISBN:9780241419199
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Publication Date:September 2023
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Pages:512
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Binding:Hardback
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Publisher:Allen Lane
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Country of Publication:United Kingdom
Description
Bismarck's War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century.
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A thrilling new history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts
Bismarck's War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century.