The story of Leuthen, the battle that confirmed the reputation of Frederick 'the Great' of Prussia as one of history's greatest military commanders and the most consequential conflict in continental Europe between the Thirty Years' War and the Napoleonic Wars: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

T. G. Otte is currently a Professor of Diplomatic History at University of East Anglia. His research examines the history of great power relations from 1600 to the late 20th century. Otte has written or edited twenty two books, including Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey (London: Allen Lane, 2020) (New Statesman Book of the Year 2020; Spectator Book of the Year 2021), July Crisis: How the World Descended into War, Summer 1914 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014) (PROSE Merit award 2015, 'European & World History'), and The China Question: Great Power Rivalry and British Isolation, 1894-1905 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007).

• Preface


• 1: War in the Holy Roman Empire


• 2: The Silesian Wars


• 3: The Battle and Its Consequence


• 4: The Leuthen Legacy in Military Thought before the First World War


• 5: Myth and Memory: Leuthen's Political and Cultural Legacy


• Conclusion