American Civil War and Franco-Prussian War

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In this paper, the writer looks at similarities between the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian war. The writer explains that these two wars, as the first modern industrial wars, were similar in their power to mobilize, organize and deploy mass conscript armies. The writer contends that the American Civil War took much longer due to deficiencies in Northern military leadership.

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"This research paper compares and contrasts military and some related political aspects of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. Both of these wars involved the mobilization, organization and deployment on a continental scale of mass conscription armies, armed with powerful standardized weapons of the early industrial era. Both wars caused carnage and casualties among the participants on a theretofore unprecedented scale, especially the American Civil War, which lasted more than four years while the active combat phase ... "

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