An edition of The Austro-Prussian War (1996)
The Austro-Prussian War
Austria's war with Prussia and Italy in 1866
By Geoffrey Wawro
Publish Date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
eng
Pages
321
Description:
Geoffrey Wawro recounts the story of this crucial European war, from its diplomatic origins to its pivotal battles. This is the first history of the Austro-Prussian War in more than thirty years, and the first ever to be based upon extensive research in the political and military archives of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and England. Wawro has reconstructed the Austrian campaign, blow-by-blow, hour-by-hour. He divulges the secrets of Prussian military success, as well as the dismal, sometimes lurid reasons for Austria's military collapse and Italy's near collapse. The book is most notable for the light it sheds on the Habsburg war effort.