Bismarck
The Iron Chancellor
An accessible biography of Otto von Bismarck, Germany's first chancellor. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) has gone down in history as the Iron Chancellor, a reactionary and militarist whose 1871 unification of Germany put Europe on a path of disaster leading up to World War I. But, as this new edition of his accessible biography shows, the real Bismarck was a far more complex character. A leading historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, Volker Ullrich demonstrates that Bismarck--the "Founder of the Reich"--was, in fact, an opponent of liberal German nationalism. After the wars of 1866 and 1870, Bismarck spent the rest of his career working to preserve peace in Europe and to protect the empire he had created. Despite his reputation as an enemy of socialism, he introduced comprehensive health and unemployment insurance for German workers, and he was concerned with maintaining stability and harmony far beyond Germany's newly unified borders. Comprehensive and balanced, Bismarck shows us the value of looking anew at this monumental figure's role in European history.
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An accessible biography of Otto von Bismarck, Germany's first chancellor. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) has gone down in history as the Iron Chancellor, a reactionary and militarist whose 1871 unification of Germany put Europe on a path of disaster leading up to World War I. But, as this new edition of his accessible biography shows, the real Bismarck was a far more complex character. A leading historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, Volker Ullrich demonstrates that Bismarck--the "Founder of the Reich"--was, in fact, an opponent of liberal German nationalism. After the wars of 1866 and 1870, Bismarck spent the rest of his career working to preserve peace in Europe and to protect the empire he had created. Despite his reputation as an enemy of socialism, he introduced comprehensive health and unemployment insurance for German workers, and he was concerned with maintaining stability and harmony far beyond Germany's newly unified borders. Comprehensive and balanced, Bismarck shows us the value of looking anew at this monumental figure's role in European history.
Untertitel
The Iron Chancellor
H | B | T | Gramm
196 mm | 128 mm | 19 mm | 0.16 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Haus Publishing
ISBN-10
1913368378
ISBN-13
9781913368371
Autor
Volker Ullrich
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
196
Themen
Europäische Geschichte, Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch
Keywords
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, TB/Geschichte, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
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Volker Ullrich was formerly the head of the political section at the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and he is the author of several books of history.
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