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Title: A "little" war with huge consequences
Review: Wawro's exhaustively researched book details the runup to the outbreak of war, the relatively short but bloody campaign, and the aftermath of Germany's decisive victory over France. As the narrative progresses the reader begins to see why the Germans were, at one point, "War's own children", to quote from an Alan Furst novel. The Franco-Prussian war solidified a lethal mix of Prussian militarism, fanatical devotion to country, and racism that would wreak so much destruction in two world wars.
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