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The Siege of Strasbourg
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English
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2014
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For six terror-filled weeks in 1870 German armies bombarded Strasbourg, killing hundreds of citizens, wounding thousands, and destroying landmarks. Rachel Chrastil tells how the city became the epicenter of a new kind of warfare whose indiscriminate violence shocked contemporaries and led to debates over the wartime protection of civilians.
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Chrastil Rachel :
Rachel Chrastil is Associate Professor of History at Xavier University.
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A fascinating and important history. The dramatic narrative of the siege, bombardment, and the ultimate capitulation of Strasbourg to its enemies makes for gripping reading. Chrastil’s story illuminates the conflicting views about what is 'legal' in war, what are the roles and rights of civilians in a conflict, and the wisdom and consequences of international humanitarian intervention into war zones.
-- Margaret H. Darrow, author of French Women and the First World War: War Stories of the Home Front
-- Margaret H. Darrow, author of French Women and the First World War: War Stories of the Home Front
Chrastil shows that the siege of Strasbourg, an almost forgotten episode of the Franco–Prussian War, was in fact a highly significant event in the history of modern warfare. Civilians, including women and children, became targets and victims of war, bombardment destroyed lives and urban infrastructure, and humanitarian impulses moved outsiders to intervene on behalf of those most grievously assailed by the instruments of war. The Siege of Strasbourg thus reveals that many of the characteristics of ‘total war,’ usually identified as a phenomenon of the 20th century, were evident in Strasbourg in 1870.
-- Martha Hanna, author of Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War
-- Martha Hanna, author of Your Death Would Be Mine: Paul and Marie Pireaud in the Great War
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Note to the Reader
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Introduction
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Chapter one. The Grey Areas
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Chapter two. Insiders and Outsiders
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Chapter three. Every Twenty Seconds
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Chapter four. Victims in the Eye of the Beholder
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Chapter five. Carrying On
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Chapter six. A Fraternal Hand
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Chapter seven. Heroic Measures
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Chapter eight. Strassburg
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Conclusion
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Abbreviations
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Notes
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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April 8, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9780674416284
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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302
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14 halftones, 3 maps
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9780674416284
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