| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941.
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William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941. |
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William, II, German Emperor, 1859-1941. |
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Wilhelm Deutsches Reich, Kaiser, II. |
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Germany -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Germany. |
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Kings and rulers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1888-1918.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1888-1918 |
| Subject |
Germany -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1888-1918.
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International relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Mombauer, Annika.
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Deist, Wilhelm.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kaiser. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521824087 (DLC) 2003051523 (OCoLC)52239699 |
| ISBN |
0511062184 (electronic book) |
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9780511062186 (electronic book) |
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0521824087 |
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9780521824088 |
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0511070640 (e-book) |
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9780511070648 (e-book) |
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0511121334 (electronic book) |
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9780511121333 (electronic book) |
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9780511496790 (electronic book) |
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0511496796 (electronic book) |
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9780521179805 (paperback) |
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0521179807 (paperback) |
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