[PDF] Wilhelm Ii eBook

Author : James Retallack
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 1996-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1349246263

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This lively and concise book uses a dual approach to introduce students and non-specialists to Wilhelmine Germany (1888-1918). It surveys social, economic, political, cultural and diplomatic developments in an age of tumultuous upheaval. It also explains why historians have so often reversed the interpretative 'switches' guiding research on this period. By highlighting the breadth of historical change under Wilhelm II and the evolution of opposing viewpoints about its significance, this book provides easy access to an epoch - and a debate - characterised more by controversy than consensus.

Author : John C. G. Röhl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1316062600

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Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859–1941) is one of the most fascinating figures in European history, ruling Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. In one slim volume, John Röhl offers readers a concise and accessible survey of his monumental three-volume biography of the Kaiser and his reign. The book sheds new light on Wilhelm's troubled youth, his involvement in social and political scandals, and his growing thirst for glory, which, combined with his overwhelming nationalism and passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into one of the foremost powers in the world. The volume examines the crucial role played by Wilhelm as Germany's Supreme War Lord in the policies that led to war in 1914. It concludes by describing the rabid anti-Semitism he developed in exile and his efforts to persuade Hitler to restore him to the throne.

Author : John C. G. Rhl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1107072255

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This is a concise edition of John Röhl's prize-winning three-volume biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. It sheds new light on the Kaiser's troubled youth, his involvement in social and political scandals, and his role in foreign policy decisions that led to the outbreak of the First World War.

Author : John C. G. Röhl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 37,76 MB
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521819206

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Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) ruled Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign. Following on from John Röhl's definitive and highly acclaimed Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (1998), the volume demonstrates the monarch's dynastic arrogance and the wounding abuse he showered on his own people as, step by step, he built up his personal power. His thirst for glory, his overweening nationalism and militarism and his passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into the foremost power in the world. Urgent warnings from all sides, both against the revival of a semi-absolute Personal Monarchy on the threshold to the twentieth century and against the challenge his goal of 'world power' implied for the existing World Powers Great Britain, France and Russia were brushed aside by the impetuous young ruler with his faithful military retinue and blindly devoted court favourites. Soon the predicted consequences - constitutional crisis at home and diplomatic isolation abroad - began to make their alarming appearance.

Author : John C. G. Röhl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1593 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521844312

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Final volume in acclaimed biography of Wilhelm II exploring his role in the origins of the First World War.

Author : Lamar Cecil
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807822838

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Traces the early years in the life of Wilhelm II, German emperor before the First World War, focusing on his genealogy, education, and service as an officer in the Prussian Army

Author : German Emperor William Ii
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,58 MB
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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The Kaiser's Memoirs is a memoir by King Wilhelm II. He was the last German Emperor and monarch of Prussia, known for tackling problems at the grass-roots himself, and reigning from 15th of June 1888 until his abdication on the 9th of November 1918.

Author : Thomas A. Kohut
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 1991-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0195362896

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This book explores the personification inherent in the notion of "Wilhelmian Germany" by investigating the psychological dimension of Wilhelm II's leadership of the Germans. Despite his historical reputation, many Germans welcomed the Kaiser's leadership. The years between 1890 and 1914 were known as the Wilhelmian era in Germany, and even critics of Wilhelm II thought it somehow fitting that he should be the German emperor. The author argues that Wilhelm II's personal needs and the needs of Germans in an age of intense nationalism made him the symbol of the nation.

Author : John C. G. Röhl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 2033 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1107728967

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This final volume of John Röhl's acclaimed biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II reveals the Kaiser's central role in the origins of the First World War. The book examines the Kaiser's part in the Boer War, the Russo-Japanese War, the naval arms race with Britain and Germany's rivalry with the United States as well as in the crises over Morocco, Bosnia and Agadir. It also sheds new light on the public scandals which accompanied his reign from the allegations of homosexuality made against his intimate friends to the Daily Telegraph Affair. Above all, John Röhl scrutinises the mounting tension between Germany and Britain and the increasing pressure the Kaiser exerted on his Austro-Hungarian ally from 1912 onwards to resolve the Serbian problem. Following Germany's defeat and Wilhelm's enforced abdication, he charts the Kaiser's bitter experience of exile in Holland and his frustrated hopes that Hitler would restore him to the throne.