Kaiser Wilhelm II New Interpretations (Paperback)

Nicolaus Sombart

ISBN 10: 0521019907 / ISBN 13: 9780521019903

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005

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Paperback. Kaiser Wilhelm II (18591941) is one of the most fascinating figures in European history. Inheriting the 'mightiest throne on earth' in 1888, he played a central part in fashioning the policies which culminated in the catastrophe of 191418, the collapse of the Reich, and his own abdication. To an extraordinary extent he was also representative of his epoch: brilliant, bizarre, aggressive, insecure. Yet German historians have virtually ignored him. They have written the history of the Kaiserreich without the Kaiser, of Wilhelminism without Wilhelm, leaving the field to the amateurs. Recently, the conviction has been growing, in Germany as well as in American and Great Britain, that the huge advances achieved in the social and economic history of Imperial Germany must now be complemented by deeper research into the Kaiser's character, his role in decision-making, and his relationship to the social and cultural values of his era. In September 1979, a dozen historians met in the Kaiser's palace on Corfu to discuss these questions: this book contains their findings. This book contains the findings of a dozen historians who met in the Kaiser's palace on Corfu in 1979 to discuss the significance of Kaiser Wilhelm II's character, which had previously been virtually ignored by German historians. They examine his background, his role in decision-making and his relationship to the social and cultural values of his era. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kaiser Wilhelm II New Interpretations (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521019907
• ISBN 13: 9780521019903
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941) is one of the most fascinating figures in European history. Inheriting the 'mightiest throne on earth' in 1888, he played a central part in fashioning the policies which culminated in the catastrophe of 1914–18, the collapse of the Reich, and his own abdication. To an extraordinary extent he was also representative of his epoch: brilliant, bizarre, aggressive, insecure. Yet German historians have virtually ignored him. They have written the history of the Kaiserreich without the Kaiser, of Wilhelminism without Wilhelm, leaving the field to the amateurs. Recently, the conviction has been growing, in Germany as well as in American and Great Britain, that the huge advances achieved in the social and economic history of Imperial Germany must now be complemented by deeper research into the Kaiser's character, his role in decision-making, and his relationship to the social and cultural values of his era. In September 1979, a dozen historians met in the Kaiser's palace on Corfu to discuss these questions: this book contains their findings.

Book Description

This book contains the findings of a dozen historians who met in the Kaiser's palace on Corfu in 1979 to discuss the significance of Kaiser Wilhelm II's character, which had previously been virtually ignored by German historians. They examine his background, his role in decision-making and his relationship to the social and cultural values of his era.