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9780415214452

Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792- 1914

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415214452

  • ISBN10:

    0415214459

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2000-02-08
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Traces war in Europe from the aftermath of the French Revolution to the eve of the First World War. Treating warfare as much wider than simply the product of military planning and technology, but a reflection of society itself, Wawro includes discussion of: -The Napoleonic Wars and the Battle of Waterloo -Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe -The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71 -New technologies and weapons -Seapower and naval warfare -The outbreak of the First World War Combining original work on Bismarck's Wars, Austria-Hungary and Italy, with the latest writing on European armies and navies in the modern period, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision-making.

Table of Contents

List of maps
viii
Preface ix
Napoleon and the road to Waterloo
1(22)
Restoration and revolution, 1815--49
23(22)
Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe, 1848--66
45(28)
The rise of Prussia and Italy, 1861--6
73(27)
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870--1
100(24)
New weapons and the `new imperialism', 1877--1905
124(36)
Sea power and popular navalism, 1890--1914
160(28)
War plans and armaments: the deadly spiral, 1911--14
188(24)
The outbreak of World War I in 1914
212(14)
Bibliography 226(14)
Index 240

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