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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William, German Emperor |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Annika Mombauer; Wilhelm Deist |
| ISBN: | 0521824087 9780521824088 |
| OCLC Number: | 57567237 |
| Description: | xv, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction Annika Mombauer and Wilhelm Deist; Reflections on John Rohl: a laudatio Jonathan Steinberg; 1. Wilhelm II and 'his' navy, 1888-1918 Michael Epkenhans; 2. Hollow-sounding jubilees: forms and effects of public self-display in Wilhelmine Germany Bernd Sosemann; 3. The Kaiser's elite? Wilhelm II and the Berlin administration 1890-1914 Katherine A. Lerman; 4. Wilhelm, Waldersee and the Boxer rebellion Annika Mombauer; 5. Dreams of a German Europe: Wilhelm II and the Treaty of Bjorko of 1905 Roderick R. McLean; 6. The uses of 'friendship'. The 'personal regime' of Wilhelm II and Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase; 7. Military diplomacy in a military monarchy? Wilhelm II and his relations with British service attaches in Berlin, 1903-1914 Matthew Seligmann; 8. Wilhelm II as supreme warlord in the First World War Holger Afflerbach; 9. Germany's 'last card'. Wilhelm II and the decision in favour of unrestricted submarine warfare in January 1917 Matthew Stibbe; 10. Military culture, Wilhelm II, and the end of the monarchy in the First World War Isabel V. Hull; 11. Rathenau, Wilhelm II, and the perception of Wilhelminismus Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann; 12. Structure and agency in Wilhelmine Germany: the history of the German Empire - past, present and future Volker R. Berghahn; Index. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Annika Mombauer and Wilhelm Deist. |
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Review of the hardback: '... excellent collection of essays on Wilhelm II ... extraordinary ... this book is considerably more than a biography of the Kaiser. Each essay covers some facet of his life in scholarly detail and gives the reader a deeper insight into the politics of Germany before and during World War I ... The editors are to be congratulated on managing to publish a book with such a wide ranging theme by a number of scholars and yet provide a continuity which will intrigue both scholar and lay reader.' Open History 'Review of the hardback: These essays are readable, well crafted and remarkably free of academic jargon.' Stand To! (The Journal of the Western Front Association) Read more...
