Author: Michael Sidney Tyler-WhittlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Author: James RetallackPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349246263
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This lively and concise book uses a dual approach to introduce students and non-specialists to Wilhelmine Germany (1888-1918). It surveys social, economic, political, cultural and diplomatic developments in an age of tumultuous upheaval. It also explains why historians have so often reversed the interpretative 'switches' guiding research on this period. By highlighting the breadth of historical change under Wilhelm II and the evolution of opposing viewpoints about its significance, this book provides easy access to an epoch - and a debate - characterised more by controversy than consensus.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Author: John C. G. RöhlPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316062600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941) is one of the most fascinating figures in European history, ruling Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. In one slim volume, John Röhl offers readers a concise and accessible survey of his monumental three-volume biography of the Kaiser and his reign. The book sheds new light on Wilhelm's troubled youth, his involvement in social and political scandals, and his growing thirst for glory, which, combined with his overwhelming nationalism and passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into one of the foremost powers in the world. The volume examines the crucial role played by Wilhelm as Germany's Supreme War Lord in the policies that led to war in 1914. It concludes by describing the rabid anti-Semitism he developed in exile and his efforts to persuade Hitler to restore him to the throne.
Author: John C. G. RöhlKaiser Wilhelm II
Author: John C. G. RhlPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107072255
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This is a concise edition of John Röhl's prize-winning three-volume biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. It sheds new light on the Kaiser's troubled youth, his involvement in social and political scandals, and his role in foreign policy decisions that led to the outbreak of the First World War.
The Kaiser's Memoirs
Author: German Emperor William IiPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Kaiser's Memoirs is a memoir by King Wilhelm II. He was the last German Emperor and monarch of Prussia, known for tackling problems at the grass-roots himself, and reigning from 15th of June 1888 until his abdication on the 9th of November 1918.
Author: Emil LudwigWilhelm II
Author: John C. G. RöhlPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521819206
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
Book Description
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) ruled Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign. Following on from John Röhl's definitive and highly acclaimed Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (1998), the volume demonstrates the monarch's dynastic arrogance and the wounding abuse he showered on his own people as, step by step, he built up his personal power. His thirst for glory, his overweening nationalism and militarism and his passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into the foremost power in the world. Urgent warnings from all sides, both against the revival of a semi-absolute Personal Monarchy on the threshold to the twentieth century and against the challenge his goal of 'world power' implied for the existing World Powers Great Britain, France and Russia were brushed aside by the impetuous young ruler with his faithful military retinue and blindly devoted court favourites. Soon the predicted consequences - constitutional crisis at home and diplomatic isolation abroad - began to make their alarming appearance.
The Innocence of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Author: Christina CroftPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781514759974
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Almost a century after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Kaiser Wilhelm II is still viewed as either a warmonger or a madman, as the hundred-year-old propaganda posters remain fixed in the general consciousness. Was he, though, truly responsible for the catastrophe of the First World War, or was he in fact a convenient scapegoat, blamed for a conflict which he desperately tried to avoid?
Author: John C. G. Röhl