Kaiser (eBook, PDF)

New Research on Wilhelm II's Role in Imperial Germany
Redaktion: Mombauer, Annika

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Produktbeschreibung

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 Rohl, 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511055850
• Artikelnr.: 38209048

Autorenporträt

Annika Mombauer is Lecturer in European History, The Open University.
Wilhelm Deist is Honorary Professor in the History Department, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations;
Introduction Annika Mombauer and Wilhelm Deist; Reflections on John Röhl: a
laudatio Jonathan Steinberg; 1. Wilhelm II and 'his' navy, 1888-1918
Michael Epkenhans; 2. Hollow-sounding jubilees: forms and effects of public
self-display in Wilhelmine Germany Bernd Sösemann; 3. The Kaiser's elite?
Wilhelm II and the Berlin administration 1890-1914 Katherine A. Lerman; 4.
Wilhelm, Waldersee and the Boxer rebellion Annika Mombauer; 5. Dreams of a
German Europe: Wilhelm II and the Treaty of Björkö of 1905 Roderick R.
McLean; 6. The uses of 'friendship'. The 'personal regime' of Wilhelm II
and Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase; 7. Military
diplomacy in a military monarchy? Wilhelm II and his relations with British
service attachés in Berlin, 1903-1914 Matthew Seligmann; 8. Wilhelm II as
supreme warlord in the First World War Holger Afflerbach; 9. Germany's
'last card'. Wilhelm II and the decision in favour of unrestricted
submarine warfare in January 1917 Matthew Stibbe; 10. Military culture,
Wilhelm II, and the end of the monarchy in the First World War Isabel V.
Hull; 11. Rathenau, Wilhelm II, and the perception of Wilhelminismus
Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann; 12. Structure and agency in Wilhelmine
Germany: the history of the German Empire - past, present and future Volker
R. Berghahn; Index.