@misc{Scianna2019,
  author    = {Scianna, Bastian Matteo},
  title     = {A predisposition to brutality?},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Philosophische Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Philosophische Reihe},
  number    = {165},
  issn      = {1866-8380},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-43421},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-434218},
  pages     = {968 -- 993},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {The German Sonderweg thesis has been discarded in most research fields. Yet in regards to the military, things differ: all conflicts before the Second World War are interpreted as prelude to the war of extermination between 1939-1945. This article specifically looks at the Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 and German behaviour vis-{\`a}-vis regular combatants, civilians and irregular guerrilla fighters, the so-called francs-tireurs. The author argues that the counter-measures were not exceptional for nineteenth century warfare and also shows how selective reading of the existing secondary literature has distorted our view on the war.},
  language  = {en}
}