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Germany from Reich to Republic 1871-1918 : politics, hierarchy and elites / Matthew S. Seligmann & Roderick R. McLean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seligmann, Matthew S., 1967-
- Series:
- European history in perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany--Politics and government--1871-1918.
- Germany.
- Politics and government.
- Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898.
- Bismarck, Otto.
- Political culture--Germany.
- Political culture.
- Constitutional history--Germany.
- Constitutional history.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1871-1918.
- International relations.
- William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941.
- William.
- Imperialism.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- "Germany from Reich to Republic, 1871-1918" provides an up-to-date interpretation of the political development of the Germany of Bismark and Kaiser Wilhelm II. Focusing on domestic politics as well as diplomacy, personalities, and decision-making, attention is given to the latest historical research, the documentary evidence on which it is based, and the debates and controversies that are thereby evoked.
- Contents:
- 1 The New Empire 3
- Geography and People 3
- Leaders 6
- The Constitution and Political Structure 13
- 2 Bismarck's Domestic Policies 21
- Negative Integration 21
- Protectionism 27
- Social Policy 35
- 3 Bismarck's External Policies 39
- Great Power Politics, 1871-1890 39
- Colonial Policy 45
- 4 The Change of Regime 52
- 1888: The Year of the Three Emperors 52
- The Character of Kaiser Wilhelm II 59
- The Fall of Bismarck 64
- The Legacy of Bismarck - Was the Reich Manageable? 70
- 5 Domestic Politics under Wilhelm II 75
- The New Course 75
- The Rise of the German Right 81
- 'Personal Rule' and Bulow's Chancellorship: 1894-1905 91
- The Collapse of the Personal Regime: Causes and Consequences, 1906-1914 98
- 6 External Policies under Wilhelm II 108
- The New Course in German Foreign Policy 108
- The Origins and Onset of German Expansionism 113
- Weltpolitik 119
- Flottenpolitik 125
- The Breakdown of Anglo-German Relations 132
- The Origins of the First World War 139
- 7 Wilhelmine Germany at War 148
- The Schlieffen Plan and its Failure 148
- War of Attrition and Domestic Change 156
- The Rise of the Military Dictatorship and the Collapse of 1918 161.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312232926
- 0312232934
- OCLC:
- 42960320
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