| Author: | Rachel Chrastil | ISBN: | 9780674416291 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rachel Chrastil |
| ISBN: | 9780674416291 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
