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Franco-Prussian War

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A tour de force of both European and military history, The Franco-Prussian War is a superb account of this hugely important conflict, ideal for the student, historian and general reader alike. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Bertrand Taithe.

List of contents

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Bertrand Taithe Introduction 1. The Antagonists 2. The Outbreak 3. The First Disasters 4. The Army of the Rhine 5. The Army of Châlons 6. The Government of National Defence 7. Metz and Strasbourg 8. The Battle for Orléans 9. The Siege of Paris 10. Guerre à Outrance 11. The Peace. Notes on Sources Select Bibliography Index

About the author

Michael Howard (1922-2019) was a British military historian and formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. He was also Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University, and the founder of the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He co-founded the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 1958. The author of many highly regarded books Howard was described in the Financial Times as "Britain's greatest living historian", and by The Guardian as "Britain's foremost expert on conflict".

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A tour de force of both European and military history, The Franco-Prussian War is a superb account of this hugely important conflict, ideal for the student, historian and general reader alike. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Bertrand Taithe.

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