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Many were the innovative strategies and tactic practiced in this conflict that were to be used to near perfection in 1914 and after. Author Fermer is at his best describing them amidst the collection of personalities involved. His use of first person sources from all ranks and walks of life makes this a compelling read. --past in review Fermer is an eminently readable author and his books well worth the investment. Sedan 1870, is an excellent study in hubris and hunger, doctrine and professionalism and the underlying motivation that drives troops, regardless of the quality of their leadership, to astonishing levels of self-sacrifice. --Chris Buckham

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Dr Douglas Fermer is a historian and former archivist who has translated a remarkable French memoir of the Franco-Prussian War - The Reality of War by Leonce Patry. He is also the author of France at Bay 1870-1871: The Struggle for Paris, which continues the story of the war after Sedan, and Three German Invasions of France: The Summer Campaigns of 1870, 1914 and 1940.

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