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The Bismarck myth
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The Bismarck myth

Author: Robert Gerwarth
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford university press, 2007.
Dissertation: Texte remanié de : Doctoral thesis : Modern history : Oxford : 2003.
Series: Oxford historical monographs.
Edition/Format:   Thesis/dissertation : Thesis/dissertation : English
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The archetype of charismatic leadership, Otto von Bismarck maintained his pre-eminence in the pantheon of German political iconography for much of the twentieth century. Robert Gerwarth provides an  Read more...

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Named Person: Otto von Bismarck
Material Type: Thesis/dissertation
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Gerwarth
ISBN: 9780199236893 0199236895
OCLC Number: 494084326
Description: 1 vol. (VIII-216 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Prologue: The Bismarck Myth in Wilhelmine Germany 1890-1918; 3. After the Collapse; 4. Fragmented Society, Divided Memory: Perceptions of Bismarck in Early Weimar Germany; 5. Fighting the 'Enemies of the Reich': Bismarck and the State Crisis of 1922-23; 6. Bismarck as an Election Campaigner; 7. In the Shadow of Stabilization; 8. Towards the Abyss: Bismarck and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic; 9. Epilogue: Bismarck Between the 'Seizure of Power' and Reunification 1933-1990; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Series Title: Oxford historical monographs.
Responsibility: Robert Gerwarth.

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...an astutely conceived and solidly grounded contribution to the historiography of German political culture in the earl twentieth century. Geoff Eley The English Historical Review The history of Read more...

 
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