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Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#354117-ZC19
Titel	Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power
Auteur	Clark, Christopher
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave	2009
ISBN10	0141039930
ISBN13	9780141039930
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	King of Prussia, German Emperor, war leader and defeated exile, Kaiser Wilhelm II was one of the most important - and most controversial - figures in the history of twentieth-century Europe. But how much power did he really have? Christopher Clark, winner of the Wolfson prize for his history of Prussia, Iron Kingdom, follows Kaiser Wilhelm's political career from his youth at the Hohenzollern court through the turbulent decades of the Wilhelmine era into global war and the collapse of Germany in 1918, to his last days. He asks: what was his true role in the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War? What was the nature and extent of his control? What were his political goals and his success in achieving them? How did he project authority and exercise influence? And how did hi... (Lees verder)s people really view him? Through original research, Clark presents a fresh new interpretation of this contentious figure, focusing on how his thirty-year reign from 1888 to 1918 affected Germany, and the rest of Europe, for years to come.
Pagina's	448
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 9,00

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