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The German Empire, 1870-1918 / Michael Stürmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stürmer, Michael.
- Series:
- Modern Library chronicles
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany--History--1871-1918.
- Germany.
- History.
- Germany--Social conditions--1871-1918.
- Social conditions.
- Germany--Foreign relations--1871-1918.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 154 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Modern Library edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Modern Library, 2000.
- Summary:
- A remarkably concise and vibrant account of one of the most fateful periods of world history, this book traces Germany's unification, its rise, and the path that would lead it and the world into the abyss of two world wars.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Imperial Birthday
- 1. German Angst, German Hope
- 2. The Bismarck Years
- 3. Many Germanys
- 4. The Wilhelmine Era
- 5. Europe - A Concert No More
- 6. Brinksmanship
- 7. Dance of Death
- 8. A Peace to End All Peace.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-145) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0679640908
- OCLC:
- 44586528
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