Peter H. Wilson is the author of the highly acclaimed Europe's Tragedy- A New History of the Thirty Years War (2009) and The Holy Roman Empire- A Thousand Years of Europe's History (2016). He is the Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford.
The scholarship of this book is breathtaking [and] Wilson relates
it with a command of his subject that is unparalleled. No one
interested in the history of Europe, and of the Germans in
particular, can afford not to read this stupendous book.
*Daily Telegraph*
Endlessly fascinating ... History has returned to Europe, and Iron
and Blood is an excellent place to start getting reacquainted with
it.
*The Times*
Hugely impressive ... By setting his account in the broader context
of European history, Wilson launches a sustained attack on the
teleological Prussocentrism of the traditional story.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Iron and Blood delves into politics, economics, technology and
social developments. Its long view of Germany's military history,
magisterial detail and acute analysis provide a new understanding
of what was once Europe's warring heart.
*The Economist*
Ambitious ... While Germany cannot leave its past behind, it can
learn from it, if it dares to look ... Iron and Blood is a timely
book, arguing powerfully that 'German history should not be read
backwards'.
*History Today*
Formidably erudite ... What is now Germany's shameful past was once
Adolf Hitler's vision of the future. Reimagined by Vladimir Putin,
that spectral vision now haunts our present. Hence the importance
and urgency of Wilson's investigation.
*The Critic*
A work of first-rate scholarship ... will become the starting point
for all students of military history, not only of Germany but of
Europe as a whole.
*BBC History Magazine*
An ambitious book which was badly needed ... illuminating on the
complicated relationship between Prussia, both state and society,
and its army .... required reading for serious military
historians.
*Aspects of History*
There is much to admire in this book, from the astounding breadth
of its scholarship
to its exceedingly ambitious scope ... a fresh perspective on
German history.
*Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs*
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