Combining impeccable scholarship and literary elegance, David
Wetzel depicts the drama of machinations and passions that exploded
in a war that forever changed the face of European history. The
clash of two extraordinary personalities-Otto von Bismarck and
Napoleon III-drives this engrossing account of the events leading
up to the Franco-Prussian War, one of the most momentous and
decisive conflicts in the history of Europe. An accomplished and
eloquent historian, David Wetzel tells how this utterly avoidable
war unfolded in the brief, eventful days of July 1870, ushering in
an era of power politics that would reach its apocalyptic climax in
World War I. Hotheaded militarists, high-minded statesmen, scheming
opportunists, impassioned nationalists, and sensationalist
newspapers all played their part as the European powers of the
era-France, Germany, England, Austria, Spain, Italy, and
Russia-jockeyed for advantage. Amidst this swirl of national and
personal ambitions Wetzel brings Bismarck, Napoleon III, and their
intimate circles to life, depicting for present-day readers the
tremendous strains working upon them, their preoccupations,
motives, judgments, and their ultimate decisions. Indispensable
reading for every student of the nineteenth century, A Duel of
Giants offers a wealth of telling detail drawn from personal
memoirs, official records, cabinet minutes, journalistic accounts,
private notes, and public statements, presented in dramatic and
enjoyable style.
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