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Article: The Franco-Prussian War: the German Conquest of France in 1870-1871.(Brief Review)
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- Parameters
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- June 22, 2004
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The Franco-Prussian War: The German Conquest of France in 1870-1871. By Geoffrey Wawro. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 327 pages. $35.00. Reviewed by Dr. Eugenia C. Kiesling, Professor of History, US Military Academy.
For 40 years, no historian has dared to risk comparison with Michael Howard's Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871 by publishing an English-language history of the Franco-Prussian War. Professor Geoffrey Wawro is not only brave but has succeeded in producing, if not a replacement for Howard, a worthy companion volume.
Even more than Howard's book, this is straightforward military history, a study of ...