Origins of the Wars of German Unification

William Carr provides a masterly account of the origins and impact of the three major wars fought by Prussia in creating the Bismarckian Reich of 1871. He begins with a study of the development of nationalism and liberalism from the late eighteenth century to the 1860's, before turning to a detailed examin-ation of the Schleswig-Holstein Conflict of 1864; the 'Six Weeks War' of 1866; and the Franco-Prussia War of 1870xxx;71.

List of contents

Chapter 1 The new ideologies. Chapter 2 The war of 1864. Chapter 3 The war of 1866. Chapter 4 The war of 1870-1871.

About the author

Carr, William; Hearder, Harry

Summary

In his last book, the late William Carr provides a masterly account of the origins and impact of the three major wars fought by Prussia in creating the Bismarckian Reich of 1871. He begins with a study of the development of nationalism and liberalism from the late eighteenth century to the 1860's, before turning to a detailed examination of the Schleswig-Holstein Conflict of 1864; the `Six Weeks War' of 1866; and the Franco-Prussia War of 1870--71.

Product details

• Authors: Carr, W. Carr, William Carr, William Hearder Carr, Harry Hearder, Hearder Harry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138153042
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15304-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Origins Of Modern Wars; Origins Of Modern Wars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799