Title The impact of Napoleon : Prussian high politics, foreign policy and the crisis of the executive, 1797-1806 / Brendan Simms

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 390 pages) : maps Contents 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Structures: 2. The structure of Prussian politics during the early reign of Frederick William III ; 3. Problem areas of Prussian policy and politics: the centres of attention abroad, 1797-1804 ; 4. Problem areas of Prussian policy and politics: the centres of attention at home, 1797-1804 -- Part II. The Events: 5. The failure of neutrality: Prussian policy and politics, October 1804-September 1805 ; 6. Delayed decisions: Prussian policy and politics, October 1805-February 1806 ; 7. The Hanoverian crisis: Prussian policy and politics, March-June 1806 -- Part III. The Responses: 8. Facing Napoleonic France: Prussian responses to the French threat, 1804-1806 ; 9. The search for decision: Prussian Reform attempts immediately before Jena -- 10. Conclusion Summary This book examines Prussia's response to Napoleon and Napoleonic expansionism in the years before the crushing defeats of Auerstadt and Jena, a period of German history as untypical as it was dramatic. Between the years 1797 and 1806 the main fear of Prussian statesmen was French power, rather than revolution from below. This threat spawned a foreign-policy debate characterised by geopolitical thinking: the belief that Prussian policy was conditioned by her unique geographic situation at the heart of Europe. The book breaks new ground both methodologically and empirically. By combining high-political and geopolitical analysis, it is able to present a more comprehensive and nuanced picture than earlier interpretations. The book also draws on a very wide range of sources, official and unofficial, many previously unused Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-382) and index Notes Print version record Subject Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 SUBJECT Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 fast Subject HISTORY. Diplomatic relations SUBJECT Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick William III, 1797-1840. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108073 Prussia (Germany) -- Foreign relations -- 1786-1806. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108059 Subject Germany -- Prussia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 051100186X 9780511001864 9780511583032 0511583036 9780521453608 0521453607 9780521893855 0521893852

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