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The Franco-Prussian War
Book 7 in the European Military History series.
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The Franco-Prussian War is an accessible non-fiction account of the War of 1870 and the Unification of Germany. It establishes the causes, chronology and principal phases of the conflict while explaining the political aims and military resources of the opposing sides.
The book places campaigns and leadership within their wider setting, including diplomacy, civilian experience, economic pressure and the settlement or memory that followed. Its historical scope is represented on HBS by Franco-Prussian War. Key figures linked to the book include Otto von Bismarck, Napoleon III.
