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Bismarck : the Iron Chancellor / Volker Ullrich ; foreword by Prince Ferdinand von Bismarck ; translated by Timothy Beech.
Loaned to Another Library DD218 .U4413 2021
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ullrich, Volker, 1943- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Otto von Bismarck. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898.
- Bismarck, Otto.
- Prussia (Germany)--Politics and government--1815-1870.
- Prussia (Germany).
- Germany--Politics and government--1871-1888.
- Germany.
- Germany--History--1871-1918.
- Statesmen--Germany--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 158 pages : illlustrations; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Haus Publishing Limited, 2021.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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.
- Notes:
- Originally published under the title "Otto von Bismarck".
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 150-160) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781913368371
- 1913368378
- OCLC:
- 1301044513
- Publisher Number:
- 99991055246
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