EAN: 9780141988887

IRON AND BLOOD - PETER H WILSON KARTONIERT (TB)

*WINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY*   *A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE
YEAR 2022*    'No one interested in the history of Europe can afford not to read this
stupendous book' Simon Heffer  Daily Telegraph    Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and
absorbing book  encompassing five centuries of political  military  technological and economic
change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands  from the Rhine to the Balkan frontier 
from Switzerland to the North Sea. Wilson's narrative considers everything from weapons
development to recruitment to battlefield strategy.  Germans' military impact on the rest of
Europe has been immense. If there is one constant it has been the sense of being beset by
seemingly more powerful enemies - France or Russia or Turkey - and the need to strike a rapid
knockout blow to ensure a favourable result. Almost inevitably  this has in practice meant
protracted  relentless and often unwinnable wars  and - in 1939-1945 - moral catastrophe.  The
author of definitive books on the Holy Roman Empire and the Thirty Years War  Peter Wilson has
with Iron and Blood written his masterpiece.   'Hugely impressive' Richard J. Evans  Times
Literary Supplement

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