UID:
almafu_9959242957902883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-13719-5
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1-280-16342-9
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0-511-12133-4
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0-511-20493-0
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0-511-06218-4
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0-511-30780-2
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0-511-49679-6
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0-511-07064-0
Content:
This collection of innovative essays examining the role of Wilhelm II in Imperial Germany was first published in 2003, particularly on the later years of the monarch's reign. The essays highlight the Kaiser's relationship with statesmen and rulers; his role in international relations; the erosion of his power during the First World War; and his ultimate downfall in 1918. The book demonstrates the extent to which Wilhelm II was able to exercise 'personal rule', largely unopposed by the responsible government, and supported in his decision-making by his influential entourage. The essays are based on thorough and far-reaching research and on a wide range of archival sources. Written to honour the innovative work of John Röhl, Wilhelm II's most famous biographer, on his sixty-fifth birthday, the essays within this volume will continue to provide an exciting evaluation of the role and importance of this controversial monarch.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Wilhelm II and 'his' navy, 1888-1918 / Michael Epkenhans -- Hollow-sounding jubilees: forms and effects of public self-display in Wilhelmine Germany / Bernd Sösemann -- The Kaiser's elite? Wilhelm II and the Berlin administration, 1890-1914 / Katharine A. Lerman -- Wilhelm, Waldersee, and the Boxer Rebellion / Annika Mombauer -- Dreams of a German Europe: Wilhelm II and the Treaty of Björkö of 1905 / Roderick R. McLean -- The uses of 'friendship'. The 'personal regime' of Wilhelm II and Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 / Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase -- Military diplomacy in a military monarchy? Wilhelm II's relations with the British service attachš in Berlin, 1903-1914 / Matthew S. Seligmann -- Wilhelm II as supreme warlord in the First World War / Holger Afflerbach -- Germany's 'last card'. Wilhelm II and the decision in favour of unrestricted submarine warfare in January 1917 / Matthew Stibbe -- Military culture, Wilhelm II, and the end of the monarchy in the First World War / Isabel V. Hull -- Rathenau, Wilhelm II, and the perception of Wilhelminismus / Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann -- Structure and agency in Wilhelmine Germany: the history of the German Empire: past, present, and future / Volker R. Berghahn.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-17980-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-82408-7
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496790
