| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) |
| Contents |
Wilhelm II and 'his' navy, 1888-1918 / Michael Epkenhans -- Hollow-sounding jubilees: forms and effects of public self-display in Wilhelmine Germany / Bernd Sösemann -- The Kaiser's elite? Wilhelm II and the Berlin administration, 1890-1914 / Katharine A. Lerman -- Wilhelm, Waldersee, and the Boxer Rebellion / Annika Mombauer -- Dreams of a German Europe: Wilhelm II and the Treaty of Björkö of 1905 / Roderick R. McLean -- The uses of 'friendship'. The 'personal regime' of Wilhelm II and Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 / Ragnhild Fiebig-von Hase -- Military diplomacy in a military monarchy? Wilhelm II's relations with the British service attachš in Berlin, 1903-1914 / Matthew S. Seligmann -- Wilhelm II as supreme warlord in the First World War / Holger Afflerbach -- Germany's 'last card'. Wilhelm II and the decision in favour of unrestricted submarine warfare in January 1917 / Matthew Stibbe -- Military culture, Wilhelm II, and the end of the monarchy in the First World War / Isabel V. Hull -- Rathenau, Wilhelm II, and the perception of Wilhelminismus / Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann -- Structure and agency in Wilhelmine Germany: the history of the German Empire: past, present, and future / Volker R. Berghahn |
| Summary |
This book examines the role of Germany's last emperor, Wilhelm II, focusing on the final years of his reign (1900-1918). The essays highlight Wilhelm's importance from a number of different foreign and domestic angles, and are based on the very latest research on Wilhelmine Germany |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941
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| SUBJECT |
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941 fast |
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Wilhelm Deutsches Reich, Kaiser, II. swd |
| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Diplomatic relations
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Kings and rulers
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Military policy
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Politics and government
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Keizers.
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Politieke macht.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1888-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054637
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Germany -- Military policy
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1888-1918.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054516
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mombauer, Annika
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Deist, Wilhelm
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| LC no. |
2003051523 |
| ISBN |
0511062184 |
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9780511062186 |
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0521824087 |
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9780521824088 |
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0511070640 |
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9780511070648 |
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0511121334 |
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9780511121333 |
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9780511496790 |
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0511496796 |
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6610163421 |
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9786610163427 |
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1107137195 |
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9781107137196 |
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1280163429 |
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9781280163425 |
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0511204930 |
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9780511204937 |
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0511307802 |
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9780511307805 |
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