The Overthrow of the Germanic Confederation by Prussia in 1866
Author : Alexander Malet
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Austro-Italian War, 1866
ISBN :
Author : Alexander Malet
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Austro-Italian War, 1866
ISBN :
Author : Sir Alexander Malet
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781020167232
A detailed historical account of the diplomatic and military maneuvering that led to the collapse of the German Confederation and the emergence of Prussia as the dominant power in Germany. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,94 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521629515
This is a history of the Austro-Prussian-Italian War of 1866, which paved the way for German and Italian unification. It is based upon extensive new research in the state and military archives of Austria, Germany, and Italy. Geoffrey Wawro describes Prussia's successful invasion of Habsburg Venetia, and the wretched collapse of the Austrian army in July 1866. Although the book gives a thorough accounting of both the Prussian and Italian war efforts, it is most notable for the light it sheds on the Austrians. Through painstaking archival research, Wawro reconstructs the Austrian campaign, blow-by-blow, hour-by-hour. Blending military and social history, he describes the terror and panic that overtook Austria's regiments of the line in each clash with the Prussians. He reveals the unconscionable blundering of the Austrian commandant and his chief deputies who fumbled away key strategic advantages and ultimately lost a war - crucial to the fortunes of the Habsburg Monarchy - that most European pundits had predicted they would win.
Author : Beatrice de Graaf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,22 MB
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 110864449X
After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the leaders of Europe at the Congress of Vienna aimed to establish a new balance of power. The settlement established in 1815 ushered in the emergence of a genuinely European security culture. In this volume, leading historians offer new insights into the military cooperation, ambassadorial conferences, transnational police networks, and international commissions that helped produce stability. They delve into the lives of diplomats, ministers, police officers and bankers, and many others who were concerned with peace and security on and beyond the European continent. This volume is a crucial contribution to the debates on securitisation and security cultures emerging in response to threats to the international order.
Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 2005-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1134972199
In 1870 Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system of the Continent but the whole climate of European moral and political thought. The overwhelming triumph of German military might, evoking general admiration and imitation, introduced an era of power politics, which was to reach its disastrous climax in 1914. First published in 1961 and now with a new introduction, The Franco-Prussian War is acknowledged as the definitive history of one of the most dramatic and decisive conflicts in the history of Europe.
Author : Brian C. Rathbun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1108427421
Challenges the assumption of the rationality of foreign policy makers in international relations, showing how leaders systematically vary in the rationality of their thinking.
Author : Sir Neill Malcolm
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Austro-Italian War, 1866
ISBN :
Author : Quintin Barry
Publisher : From Musket to Maxim
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781914059926
Each of the innovations inspired by the Industrial Revolution encountered considerable resistance from conservative thinkers opposed to change, on technical, financial and political grounds; these included many well respected figures in the Navy, as well as leading politicians.
Author : Gordon A. Craig
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,18 MB
Release : 2003-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812218442
Königgrätz, a city overlooking the river Elbe, was a western strongpoint of the Austrian Empire. On the morning of July 3, 1866, Prussia attacked the city against high odds and defeated the Austrian army in a single day, despite the Austrian advantage in heavy artillery and command of the high ground. The fall of Königgrätz transferred power over the German states from Austria to Prussia, marking the beginning of the German nation, a political consequence considered to be among the most important of any conflict in modern history. The battle for the city of Königgrätz—now called Hradec Králové, located in the Czech Republic—was the largest of its time, with nearly half a million troops involved. It was also the first battle where the outcome was directly determined by the availability of new technologies, including the railroad, telegraph, cast steel rifled cannon, and breech-loading rifle. It also marked a lesson in the fallacy of dependence on technology at the expense of sound strategy. In this full account, distinguished historian Gordon A. Craig discusses the state of political affairs surrounding the battle, the personalities involved, the weaponry, and the tactics in order to recreate the battlefield in all its complexity.
Author : Geoffrey Wawro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,25 MB
Release : 2003-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521584364
Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1, that violently changed the course of European history.