People's War: Histories of Violence in the German Lands, 1820-1888

by Mark Hewitson

How did ministers, journalists, academics, artists, and subjects in the German lands imagine war during the nineteenth century? The Napoleonic Wars had been the bloodiest in Europe's history, directly affecting millions of Germans, yet their long-term consequences on individuals and on 'politics' are still poorly understood. This study makes sense of contemporaries' memories and histories of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic campaigns within a much...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199564264
• ISBN13: 9780199564262
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 586 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"