A story of a fateful unification, this opera was composed in the late 1850s and premiered in Munich in 1865. Here is the Prelude.
This era also coincides with Ardant du Picq's career, the soldier and strategist described in Possony's article in Makers of Modern Strategy. Du Picq strongly endorsed Marshal de Saxe's belief that 'the human heart is the starting point in all matters pertaining to war'.
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