The Duel Between France and Germany

About this eBook

Author

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Credits

Ralph Zimmerman, David Starner, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco

Subject

Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6303

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6303

Release Date

August 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DUEL BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY
2. 2.THE DUEL BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY, WITH ITS LESSON TO CIVILIZATION.
3. 3.LECTURE.
4. 4.WAR UNDER THE LAW OF NATIONS A DUEL.
5. 5.WHY THIS PARALLEL NOW?
6. 6.SUDDENNESS OF THIS WAR.
7. 7.CHALLENGE TO PRUSSIA.
8. 8.COMEDY.
9. 9.PRETEXT OF THE TELEGRAM.
10. 10.FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR.
11. 11.THE TWO HOSTILE PARTIES.
12. 12.FOLLY.
13. 13.UNJUST PRETENSION OF FRANCE TO INTERFERE WITH THE CANDIDATURE OF HOHENZOLLERN.
14. 14.BECAUSE FRANCE WAS READY.
15. 15.PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
16. 16.A WAR OF SURPRISES.
17. 17.OTHER FRENCH SOVEREIGNS CAPTURED ON THE BATTLE-FIELD.
18. 18.LOUIS NAPOLEON.
19. 19.RETRIBUTION.
20. 20.PEACE AFTER CAPITULATION AT SEDAN.
21. 21.THREE ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS OF PEACE.
22. 22.INDEMNITY OF GERMANY.
23. 23.GUARANTY OF DISMEMBERMENT.
24. 24.GUARANTY OF DISARMAMENT.
25. 25.KING WILLIAM AND COUNT BISMARCK.
26. 26.TWO INFLUENCES VERSUS WAR SYSTEM.
27. 27.AUTHORITY OF THE GERMAN MIND.
28. 28.UPRISING OF WORKING-MEN.
29. 29.ABOLITION OF THE WAR SYSTEM.
30. 30.THE WORLD A GLADIATORIAL AMPHITHEATRE.
31. 31.PEACE.
32. 32.THE REPUBLIC.

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