The Siege of Strasbourg |
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Author:
| Chrastil, Rachel |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-72886-8 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $86.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.