Author: Otto Bismarck (Fürst von)
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Letters to His Wife, His Sister and Others, from 1844 to 1870
Author: Otto Bismarck (Fürst von)
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Bismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich
Author: Friedrich Darmstaedter
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351313878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465
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Chancellor Otto Bismarck's "greatness" lay in what he created, the German Reich of 1871. This Reich was the product of his genius, and in it his genius took complete shape. In less than a decade German chaos was brought to an end and in its place a homogeneous state began to arise. The structure of this state left no room for opposing political forces, but rather made ready a roof under which these forces might rally, support each other, and gain strength. Bismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich begins as a biography but continues as a description of his political life and the ideas that led to the birth of an authoritarian political culture.The community from which Bismarck formed his conception of the state was first the family and clan, then the landlord caste, and finally the people. These communities found their unifying force in the Kaiser, who as their patriarchal head enjoyed divine honors as ruler by the grace of God. The existence of the state was justified as the framework within which these communities existed, and it had thus a biological as well as a religious content. This idea of the state as the supreme moral command of religion was too powerful a driving force to be dropped in favor of the rational view of the state as a potential war machine. Bismarck reconciled the two concepts by use of the concept of a "people in arms," an idea which had originated in German history as a means of defense, but which was changed into one of aggression. In order to become a means of aggression it was changed into a moral precept commanded by religion, and indeed into the supreme precept.Through the unfolding of the political life of Bismarck, we find the roots of the Nazi Third Reich--the inability of the people to educate themselves about politics enough to effect any change or satisfy their own political needs. In this loss of control, the authoritarian regime grew stronger. Though Bismarck's work led to the creation and implementation of the Second Reich, "it is in the Third Reich that we find the devilish distortion that was its fruit." This volume is an essential tool for understanding twentieth-century German history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351313878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Chancellor Otto Bismarck's "greatness" lay in what he created, the German Reich of 1871. This Reich was the product of his genius, and in it his genius took complete shape. In less than a decade German chaos was brought to an end and in its place a homogeneous state began to arise. The structure of this state left no room for opposing political forces, but rather made ready a roof under which these forces might rally, support each other, and gain strength. Bismarck and the Creation of the Second Reich begins as a biography but continues as a description of his political life and the ideas that led to the birth of an authoritarian political culture.The community from which Bismarck formed his conception of the state was first the family and clan, then the landlord caste, and finally the people. These communities found their unifying force in the Kaiser, who as their patriarchal head enjoyed divine honors as ruler by the grace of God. The existence of the state was justified as the framework within which these communities existed, and it had thus a biological as well as a religious content. This idea of the state as the supreme moral command of religion was too powerful a driving force to be dropped in favor of the rational view of the state as a potential war machine. Bismarck reconciled the two concepts by use of the concept of a "people in arms," an idea which had originated in German history as a means of defense, but which was changed into one of aggression. In order to become a means of aggression it was changed into a moral precept commanded by religion, and indeed into the supreme precept.Through the unfolding of the political life of Bismarck, we find the roots of the Nazi Third Reich--the inability of the people to educate themselves about politics enough to effect any change or satisfy their own political needs. In this loss of control, the authoritarian regime grew stronger. Though Bismarck's work led to the creation and implementation of the Second Reich, "it is in the Third Reich that we find the devilish distortion that was its fruit." This volume is an essential tool for understanding twentieth-century German history.
1815-1915
Author: Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Sketches of eminent statesmen and writers, with other essays
Author: Abraham Hayward
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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A Carefully Planned Accident
Author: Arnold Blumberg
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780945636076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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In July 1858, Count Cavour, prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, met Napoleon III to plot the provocation of war with Austria, the result of which would be the complete expulsion of Habsburg power from Italy and the creation of an Italian confederation. This work describes the means whereby diplomacy was utilized to precipitate the war and traces its continuing role during and after the hostilities.
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780945636076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In July 1858, Count Cavour, prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, met Napoleon III to plot the provocation of war with Austria, the result of which would be the complete expulsion of Habsburg power from Italy and the creation of an Italian confederation. This work describes the means whereby diplomacy was utilized to precipitate the war and traces its continuing role during and after the hostilities.
Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers: Thiers
Author: Abraham Hayward
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Bismarck: The White Revolutionary
Author: Lothar Gall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000007723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Originally published in English in 1986, these volumes are far more than the story of the life of a powerful statesman. The name Bismarck sums up the entire political, social, economic and intellectual development of central Europe in the second half of the 19th Century and the internal and external shape that Germany then assumed. This book analyses how much of this was Bismarck’s personal achievement or whether he was the man who put the nation on the disastrously wrong course that reached its fateful culmination in 1933? It examines whether Bismarck’s success was precisely because he implemented policies for which the time was ripe and did so in ways that were in harmony with the historical evolution of central Europe.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000007723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Originally published in English in 1986, these volumes are far more than the story of the life of a powerful statesman. The name Bismarck sums up the entire political, social, economic and intellectual development of central Europe in the second half of the 19th Century and the internal and external shape that Germany then assumed. This book analyses how much of this was Bismarck’s personal achievement or whether he was the man who put the nation on the disastrously wrong course that reached its fateful culmination in 1933? It examines whether Bismarck’s success was precisely because he implemented policies for which the time was ripe and did so in ways that were in harmony with the historical evolution of central Europe.
Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Fall River
Author: Fall River Public Library
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 964
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A Political and Social History of Modern Europe
Author: Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
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Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers
Author: Abraham Hayward
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Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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