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Bismarck : the Iron Chancellor
Published 2021 by Haus Publishing Limited, London
ISBN 9781913368371
Bib Id 2519687
Copyright 2008
Edition Second edition.
Description ix, 158 pages : illlustrations; 20 cm
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ISBN
9781913368371 (paperback) $13.05
1913368378
Language
eng
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B Bismarck U
Uniform Title
Otto von Bismarck. English
Title
Bismarck : the Iron Chancellor
Edition
Second edition.
Publication Information
2021 by Haus Publishing Limited, London :
Copyright Date
©2008
Description
ix, 158 pages : illlustrations; 20 cm
Note
Originally published under the title "Otto von Bismarck".
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-160) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Ferdinand von Bismarck -- Early influences 1815-32 -- The 'Crazy Junker' 1832-47 -- Bismarck's path to politics 1847-51 -- Diplomatic apprenticeship 1851-62 -- Prime Minister in waiting 1862-3 -- I have beaten all of them, every single one! 1863-7 -- The Founder of the Reich 1866-71 -- Consolidation and preservation 1871-85 -- The long departure from power 1885-90 -- The Last Years 1890-8 -- Assessment.
Summary
"Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) has gone down in history as the 'Iron Chancellor', a reactionary and a militarist whose unification of Germany in 1871 set Europe on the road to the disaster of the First World War. Yet as this balanced and comprehensive study shows, the real Bismarck was a much more complicated figure than this traditional stereotype suggests. The 'Founder of the Reich' had been an opponent of liberal German nationalism; after the wars of 1866 and 1870, Bismarck spent the rest of his career working to preserve peace in Europe to protect the Reich he had created; and the reactionary enemy of socialism introduced comprehensive health and unemployment insurance for German workers."-- Jacket.
Language Note
Translated from the German.
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