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International analysis of battlefield performance in the Austro-Prussian War, 1866–1870

Bennett, Mark

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Mark Bennett mark.bennett@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy



Abstract

Following the startling Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, European observers sought to understand the war’s lessons and to apply them to future conflict. This article traces the way in which commentators in Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, and the various secondary states of Germany evaluated tactical developments resulting from the war. It highlights the transnational community of interest in military affairs, and how some imperfections in military learning from the war were nationally specific while others transcended borders. Understandings of the war’s battlefield implications were often slow to develop, and imperfectly anticipated conditions in the subsequent Franco-Prussian War.

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Bennett, M. (2022). International analysis of battlefield performance in the Austro-Prussian War, 1866–1870. War and Society, 41(3), 182-200. https://doi.org/10.1080/07292473.2022.2087399

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 23, 2022
Online Publication Date Jul 21, 2022
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Aug 1, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal War & Society
Print ISSN 0729-2473
Electronic ISSN 2042-4345
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 41
Issue 3
Pages 182-200
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/07292473.2022.2087399

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