The Wars of German Unification

by Showalter, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780340580172
• ISBN10: 0340580178
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-27
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Taken together, three wars served to unify Germany and fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-century Europe: the Schleswig-Holstein conflict of 1864; the "Six Weeks' War" of 1866; and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. They marked the establishment of Prussian hegemony in central Europe, the creation of the Bismarckian Reich in 1871, and, as a by-product, the reduction of Habsburg influence and the collapse of Napoleon III's Second Empire. Showalter gives a full account of the international context as well as of the wars themselves and their consequences. Dennis Showalter is a Professor of History at Colorado College, Colorado, USA Taken together, three wars served to unify Germany and fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-century Europe: the Schleswig-Holstein conflict of 1864; the "Six Weeks' War" of 1866; and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. They marked the establishment of Prussian hegemony in central Europe, the creation of the Bismarckian Reich in 1871, and, as a by-product, the reduction of Habsburg influence and the collapse of Napoleon III's Second Empire. Showalter gives a full account of the international context as well as of the wars themselves and their consequences. Taken together, three wars served to unify Germany and fundamentally altered the balance of power in 19th-century Europe. Showalter gives a full account of the international context as well as of the wars themselves and their consequences. "This work is a well-argued analysis of how that unification came about and the impact on both Germany and the rest of Europe."--Relevance

Author Biography

Dennis Showalter is a Professor of History at Colorado College, Colorado, USA

Table of Contents

General editor's preface
Introduction
Confederation and revolution	p. 1
New eras	p. 46
Seeking resolution	p. 88
Roads to war	p. 123
Iron dice	p. 161
When to hold and when to fold	p. 201
War against the empire	p. 240
The republic strikes back	p. 285
War with France	p. 314
Epilogue	p. 341
Further Reading	p. 351
Index	p. 355
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