| Description |
1 online resource (235 pages) |
| Series |
Seminar Studies |
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Seminar studies in history
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Series; Part One: Background; 1. The Historiography of Wilhelmine Germany; 2. The House that Bismarck Built; Part Two: Narration and Analysis; 3. Domestic Politics, 1890-1914; The road to 'personal rule', 1890-97; The ascendancy of Bülow, 1897-1909; Governing 'from issue to issue', 1909-14; 4. Social and Economic Developments; Germany as an industrial power; A divided society?; The treatment of minorities; 5. The Armed Forces; The army; Tirpitz and the navy |
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6. Foreign and Colonial Policy, 1890-1914The quest for world power status; The failure of German diplomacy, 1890-1914; The miscalculated risk of 1914; 7. The Test of War, 1914-18; Domestic politics and the supremacy of the General Staff; War aims; Defeat and revolution; Part Three: Assessment; Part Four: Documents; Chronology; Glossary; Reichstag Election Results, 1890-1918; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Wilhelmine period is a crucial period of German history and the focus of great historical controversy; greater understanding of this period is also vital to explain the rise of the Third Reich. The authors focus on Germany's role as a major military and imperial power, industrialiastion and the economy, the crucial effects of the war years and the disturbing evidence that Germany's response to Hitler is to be found in the Wilhelmine era |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- History -- William II, 1888-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054583
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Armour, Ian D
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| ISBN |
9781317900863 |
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1317900863 |
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