Korvaava tuote: 9781408223185

This concise study of Bismarck has been updated in the light of recent research and fresh material added on the relationship between economics and Bismarck's diplomacy, the social and constitutional history of Germany after 1871, and the historical debate surrounding Bismarck in the 1990s.

This study provides students with a concise, up-to-date and analytical account of Bismarck's role in modern German history. Williamson guides readers through the complex events leading to the defeats of Austria and France in 1866 and 1870 and the subsequent creation of a united Germany in January 1871. He then explores the domestic and foreign problems Bismarck faced up to 1890 in consolidating unification.