BISMARCK'S WAR: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe

Chronicles events on the battlefield while also drawing on first-person accounts from both sides to paint a portrait of life in wartime. The fighting put German combatants and French in direct contact, reshaping and blurring the boundaries between soldier and civilian, while features of modern war like the machine gun and Red Cross volunteers were deployed for the first time. Illus.