This final volume in John RÃ hl's acclaimed biography of Wilhelm II explores the Kaiser's role in the international crises leading up to the outbreak of war in 1914. It also charts his experience of exile in Holland and his frustrated hopes that the Nazis would restore him to the throne.
This final volume in John RÃ hl's acclaimed biography of Wilhelm II explores the Kaiser's role in the international crises leading up to the outbreak of war in 1914. It also charts his experience of exile in Holland and his frustrated hopes that the Nazis would restore him to the throne.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John C. G. Röhl is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sussex. His many previous publications include The Kaiser and his Court (1994) which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize as well as the two previous volumes of his biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II - Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (Cambridge, 1998) and Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900 (Cambridge, 2004), which have won the Einhard Prize for the biography of a major European figure in 2012.
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1. Death and transfiguration 2. The Kaiser and England during the Boer War 3. 'I am the balance of power in Europe': Wilhelm between Britain, Russia and France 4. The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad Railway 5. The shabby compromise: Wilhelm II and Bülow's Chancellorship 6. Wilhelm II and the Germans, 1900-1904 7. 'We two make history and destiny is in our hands!' Kaiser and Tsar on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War 8. The Anglo-German antagonism: the Kaiser, the King and public opinion 9. The Kaiser and America 10. Uncle and nephew: Edward VII and the 'encirclement' of Germany 11. East Asia in flames: the Russo-Japanese War and its consequences 12. Operational plans for a war in Western Europe 13. 'Paris must get one in the eye from us one day!' The Kaiser and the First Morocco Crisis 14. 'A turning point in the history of Europe', or the fiasco of Björkö 15. Balance of power or hegemony? The Anglo-German conflict and the quarrel with King Edward 16. Humiliation in Algeciras 17. 'Encirclement': caught in the web of the Entente 18. Germany's 'Dreadnought Leap': the Kaiser and 'his' navy 19. The zenith of personal monarchy: the Kaiser and the government on the eve of the great crisis 20. 'Kings are only human, after all': scandals at the Hohenzollern court 21. Prince Eulenburg's downfall: the campaign against the Liebenberg 'Camarilla' 22. The Kaiser's visit to Windsor and Highcliffe, November-December 1907 23. The hot summer of 1908: on the verge of war with Britain 24. 'Our Kaiser and his People!' The crisis of Wilhelm's personal monarchy 25. Nemesis: Wilhelm II and the Daily Telegraph affair 26. Upheaval in the Balkans: Kaiser Wilhelm and the Bosnian Annexation Crisis of 1908-09 27. The 'pantomime': from Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg 28. Wilhelm and the direction of foreign policy under Bethmann Hollweg 29. The king is dead, or new hopes of an agreement with England 30. Agadir: the leap of the Panther 31. 'The enemy identified': the acceleration of the naval race and the growing menace of war 32. 'Already leader of the United States of Europe'? The Kaiser and the debacle of the Haldane Mission 33. November 1912: the strategic switch from West to East 34. Deterrence: the unresolved problem of Britain's neutrality 35. 'Berlin has warned us off again': the 'postponed racial war against Slavdom' 36. Kaiser and Reich: Wilhelm's Personal Monarchy on the eve of war 37. 'With head held high and hand on hilt!' Preparations for war 1913-14 38. Summer 1914: the decision for war 39. The Kaiser's last Norwegian cruise 40. Confusion in Potsdam: the fear of Britain's involvement 41. Into the abyss: the outbreak of war 42. The Supreme War Lord in the First World War 43. The Kaiser's war aims 44. Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy 45. The unicorn in winter: a new life in exile 46. 'Blood must flow, much blood': the Kaiser and the 'swinish' Weimar Republic 47. Monarch by the grace of Hitler? Wilhelm II and the Third Reich.
1. Death and transfiguration 2. The Kaiser and England during the Boer War 3. 'I am the balance of power in Europe': Wilhelm between Britain, Russia and France 4. The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad Railway 5. The shabby compromise: Wilhelm II and Bülow's Chancellorship 6. Wilhelm II and the Germans, 1900-1904 7. 'We two make history and destiny is in our hands!' Kaiser and Tsar on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War 8. The Anglo-German antagonism: the Kaiser, the King and public opinion 9. The Kaiser and America 10. Uncle and nephew: Edward VII and the 'encirclement' of Germany 11. East Asia in flames: the Russo-Japanese War and its consequences 12. Operational plans for a war in Western Europe 13. 'Paris must get one in the eye from us one day!' The Kaiser and the First Morocco Crisis 14. 'A turning point in the history of Europe', or the fiasco of Björkö 15. Balance of power or hegemony? The Anglo-German conflict and the quarrel with King Edward 16. Humiliation in Algeciras 17. 'Encirclement': caught in the web of the Entente 18. Germany's 'Dreadnought Leap': the Kaiser and 'his' navy 19. The zenith of personal monarchy: the Kaiser and the government on the eve of the great crisis 20. 'Kings are only human, after all': scandals at the Hohenzollern court 21. Prince Eulenburg's downfall: the campaign against the Liebenberg 'Camarilla' 22. The Kaiser's visit to Windsor and Highcliffe, November-December 1907 23. The hot summer of 1908: on the verge of war with Britain 24. 'Our Kaiser and his People!' The crisis of Wilhelm's personal monarchy 25. Nemesis: Wilhelm II and the Daily Telegraph affair 26. Upheaval in the Balkans: Kaiser Wilhelm and the Bosnian Annexation Crisis of 1908-09 27. The 'pantomime': from Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg 28. Wilhelm and the direction of foreign policy under Bethmann Hollweg 29. The king is dead, or new hopes of an agreement with England 30. Agadir: the leap of the Panther 31. 'The enemy identified': the acceleration of the naval race and the growing menace of war 32. 'Already leader of the United States of Europe'? The Kaiser and the debacle of the Haldane Mission 33. November 1912: the strategic switch from West to East 34. Deterrence: the unresolved problem of Britain's neutrality 35. 'Berlin has warned us off again': the 'postponed racial war against Slavdom' 36. Kaiser and Reich: Wilhelm's Personal Monarchy on the eve of war 37. 'With head held high and hand on hilt!' Preparations for war 1913-14 38. Summer 1914: the decision for war 39. The Kaiser's last Norwegian cruise 40. Confusion in Potsdam: the fear of Britain's involvement 41. Into the abyss: the outbreak of war 42. The Supreme War Lord in the First World War 43. The Kaiser's war aims 44. Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy 45. The unicorn in winter: a new life in exile 46. 'Blood must flow, much blood': the Kaiser and the 'swinish' Weimar Republic 47. Monarch by the grace of Hitler? Wilhelm II and the Third Reich.
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