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|title=1864: The forgotten war that shaped modern Europe

|author=Tom Buk-Swienty

|publisher=Profile

|date=April 2015

|summary=A study of the often overlooked Prusso-Danish war, the first of 'Bismarck's wars', which had a major impact on subsequent European history. It forms the basis of a forthcoming major TV drama series

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The brief but bloody clash of arms between Denmark and Prussia which took place in 1864 has never been regarded as one of the major 19th century European wars, and I cannot recall having ever seen a single volume devoted to it so far. In this book, which forms the basis of a new TV drama series, Tom Buk-Swienty has done us a service in reminding us that it had a far greater political impact than we may have appreciated.