136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
LIST OF MAPS IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IV INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES V Part One: Background 1 THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF WILHELMINE GERMANY 2 THE HOUSE THAT BISMARCK BUILT 5 Part Two: Narration and Analysis 9 3 DOMESTIC POLITICS, 1890-1914 9 The road to 'personal rule', 1890-97 9 The ascendancy of Biilow, 1897-1909 12 Governing 'from issue to issue', 1909-14 17 4 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 21 Germany as an industrial power 21 A divided society? 23 The treatment of minorities 28 5 THE ARMED FORCES 33 The army 33 Tirpitz and the navy 36 6 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL POLICY, 1890-1914 40 The quest for world power status 40 The failure of German diplomacy, 1890-1914 45 The miscalculated risk of 1914 48 7 THE TEST OF WAR, 1914-18 53 Domestic politics and the supremacy of the General Staff 53 War aims 59 Defeat and revolution 63 Part Three: Assessment Part Four: Documents CHRONOLOGY GLOSSARY REICHSTAG ELECTION RESULTS, 1890-1918 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX List of Maps The German Empire, 1871-1918 German colonies by 1914 Eastern Europe after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Acknowledgemen
Biography
Ian Porter Ian D. Armour
