BISMARCK'S FIRST WAR: The Campaign of Schleswig and Jutland 1864

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Chronicles the final conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question, once a pivotal issue for the great powers of Europe. The campaign of Schleswig and Jutland was also the first of Otto von Bismarck's Wars of German Unification, which together created a united German Empire under Prussian leadership. The detailed story of this, the last of the Cabinet Wars, is compiled from numerous published and unpublished sources, including many contemporary and first-hand accounts, as well as official reports. Contains 59 illustrations, 37 maps, and 44 tables.