The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866

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.

• Author
• Geoffrey Wawro

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 313

• Publisher
• Cambridge University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780521629515

• Characters
• Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Franz Joseph I of Austria, Frederick III, German Emperor, William I, German Emperor, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 1997