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IRON AND BLOOD - PETER H WILSON GEBUNDEN

*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'Endlessly fascinating ... History has returned to Europe 
and Iron and Blood is an excellent place to start getting reacquainted with it' The TimesFrom
the acclaimed author of Europe's Tragedy and The Holy Roman Empire  a powerful account of
German-speaking Europe through five centuries of military history For most of its existence
German-speaking Europe has been splintered into innumerable states - some substantial (such as
Austria and Prussia) and some consisting of just a few Alpine meadows. Its military experience
has also been extraordinarily varied: threatened and threatening  a mere buffer-zone  and a
global threat. Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book. It encompasses
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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