The War Scare of 1875: Bismarck and Europe in the Mid-1870s

by James Stone

In the spring of 1875 Europe appeared to be on the brink of armed conflict. France had just passed a new army law which seemed to be a prelude to a war of revenge. Berlin responded with saber-rattling and threats of preventive war. When Russia and England intervened to preserve the peace, Germany responded that relations with Paris had never been more peaceful. Ever since this historic anticlimax, the causes of the 'war-in-sight' affair have been...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3515096345
• ISBN13: 9783515096348
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"