| Description |
x, 577 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [481]-537) and index. |
| Contents |
Bismarck's "sovereign self" -- Bismarck : born Prussian and what that meant -- Bismarck : the "Mad Junker" -- Bismarck represents himself, 1847-1851 -- Bismarck as diplomat, 1851-1862 -- Power -- "I have beaten them all! All!" -- The unification of Germany, 1866-1870 -- The decline begins : liberals and Catholics -- "The guest house of the dead Jew" -- Three Kaisers and Bismarck's fall from power -- Conclusion : Bismarck's legacy : blood and irony. |
| Summary |
Otto von Bismarck transformed Europe more completely than anybody in the 19th century--except for Napoleon. This riveting biography illuminates the life of the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture. |
| Subject |
Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898.
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Statesmen -- Germany -- Biography.
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1888.
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| ISBN |
9780199782529 alkaline paper $34.95 |
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9780199599011 hardback |
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0199782520 alkaline paper |
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0199599017 hardback |
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