The Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War
Author: Michael Howard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2005-12-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134972199

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.

The Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War
Author: Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2003-08-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521584364

Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1, that violently changed the course of European history.

The Reality of War

The Reality of War
Author: Léonce Patry
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780304359134

The long and sombre chronicle of the Franco-Prussian war is an episode that deserves further attention. English-speaking readers have very little sense of what the war was like for its participants. Based on his own experiences, Patry vividly describes the bloodshed and appalling atrocities committed during the army advance to retake the Paris commune. He is also deeply critical of the shortcomings and follies of the high command. An elegant translation of a compelling text, written by a man of obvious charm and honesty, and equally obvious faults, this book is a joy to read. It ranks as one of the best examples of war memoirs written in any language.

Art, War and Revolution in France, 1870-1871

Art, War and Revolution in France, 1870-1871
Author: John Milner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300084072

En beskrivelse af franske kunstneres opfattelse af Frankrigs krig mod Preussen, Pariserkommunen og den nye franske republik, som det kommer til udtryk i deres kunst

The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71, Volume 2

The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71, Volume 2
Author: Quintin Barry
Publisher: Helion
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781874622697

Features the second part of the comprehensive two-volume military history of the Franco-Prussian War. This work includes narrative from the fall of the Second Empire until the ending of the war, and the founding of a unified Germany. The text is accompanied by a number of black and white illustrations and battle maps.

The Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War
Author: Stephen Badsey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2022-01-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1472851358

Illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe. The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French Second Empire under Napoleon III, as part of his plan to unite Prussia with the southern German states as a new Germany. Stephen Badsey examines the build-up, battles, and impact of the war, which was an overwhelming Prussian victory with massive consequences. The French Second Empire collapsed, Napoleon III became an exile in Britain, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. In the peace settlement that followed, Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come. Updated for the new edition with revisions from the author and new images throughout, this is an accessible introduction to the largest and most important war fought in Europe between the age of Napoleon and the First World War.

Organizing for War

Organizing for War
Author: Rachel Chrastil
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807138126

By the end of the Franco-Prussian War (1870--71), Germany occupied one-third of French territory, thousands of Alsatians and Lorrainers had flooded into France, and 140,000 French soldiers had died. France's crushing defeat in the most significant European armed conflict between the Napoleonic wars and World War I cast long shadows over military garrisons, meeting halls, and kitchen tables throughout the nation. Until now, no study has adequately addressed the complex, lasting effects of the war on the lives of ordinary French men and women. In this stimulating new book, Rachel Chrastil provides a lively history of French provincial citizens after the Franco-Prussian War as they came to terms with defeat and began to prepare themselves for a seemingly inevitable future conflict. Chrastil provides the first examination of the problems facing provincial France following the war and the negotiations between the state and citizen organizations over the best ways to resolve these issues. She also reinterprets postwar commemorative practices as an aspect of civil society, rather than as an issue of collective memory. By the 1880s, Chrastil shows, the Franco-Prussian War had receded far enough into the past for French citizens to reassess their roles during the war and reorient themselves toward the future. Believing that they had failed in their duties during the Franco-Prussian War, many French men and women argued that citizens could and should take responsibility for the nation's war effort, even before hostilities began. To this end, they joined the Red Cross, gymnastics clubs, and commemorative organizations like the Souvenir Français, especially in areas of the country that had faced occupation and that anticipated future invasion. Using extensive archival and published sources, Chrastil deftly traces the evolution of these private or semiprivate associations and the ways in which those associations affected the relationship of citizens with the French state. Through a novel interpretation of these civilian groups, Chrastil asserts that the associations encouraged French citizens to accept and even to prolong World War I.

La Debacle

La Debacle
Author: Emile Zola
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2017
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0198801890

La Debacle is the penultimate novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A stirring account of profound friendship between two soldiers from opposite ends of the class divide during the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1.